How to look at the fracture film with scabs

If the fracture is to be seen on film to show scab growth, the fracture line at the fracture end must be observed to be clear and must be compared to a photograph of the immediate injury. If the fracture line appears very clearly blurred, it means that there has been primitive scab growth. If the scab is gradually growing more vigorously, a periosteal reaction will be seen in the bone cortex around the fracture end, that is, a curved layer of high density shadow will be seen in the outer layer of the bone cortex at both ends of the fracture, this condition is a periosteal reaction and there is a preliminary outer layer of scab formation. As the scab gradually grows, the inner layer of the curved high-density shadow will gradually increase in density, which means that the scab is growing more vigorously.