@article{article_189703, title={The effect of head injury on fracture healing}, journal={Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica}, volume={26}, pages={248–250}, year={2006}, DOI={10.3944/aott.v26i4.1349}, author={Turk, C. and Baktir, Ali and Karakas, Eyup and Argun, Mahmut and Sahin, Vedat}, keywords={Head injury;fracture healing;growth hormone}, abstract={The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of head injury on fracture healing. Between January 1989-December 1990 a group of 34 patients who had diaphyseal fracture with head injuries and the control group of 15 patients who had only diaphyseal fracture admitted to our clinic was the subject of this study. One and three weeks after the fracture serum growt, hormone levels were measured for each patien (Radiological fracture healing response were measured Computerrzed Brain Tomography of all patients with head in Juries was taken and the severity of the head injury was determined Serum growth hormone levels and fracture healing responses were higher in the patients with head injuries. We were led to the conclusion that rapidly fracture healing and excessıve callus formation the patient with head injuried group might be because of higher excretion of growth hormone then normal.}, number={4}, publisher={Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology}