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Friday, October 14, 2011

Doctor discovers ultrasound treatment speeds up healing time of broken bones

SCOTS doctors have found that ultrasound treatment can reduce the healing time for broken bones by up to a third.

Orthopaedic surgeon Angus MacLean has been using the technology at Glasgow's Royal Infirmary's fracture clinic. And the results of his trials have astonished medics.

He said: "Before we used ultrasound, many injuries would heal with some difficulty - and some would not heal at all. Evidence suggests ultrasound speeds things up by about 40 per cent. It vibrates the cells, which stimulates healing and regeneration in the bone. Daily Record

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