Surgical widening of a stress fracture decreases local strains sufficiently to enable healing in a computational model
Stress fractures at the tibial diaphysis are prone to delayed union. We hypothesized that the interfragmentary strains in the gap tissue are of magnitudes that prohibit bone formation and healing. If so, a rational treatment would be to widen the fracture gap in order to decrease the strains. This could be achieved by replacing part of the fracture crack with a wide drilled hole. This study analyz