Bone Abstracts

Delayed healing of stress fractures constitutes a significant clinical problem causing prolonged pain and disability for the patients affected. All stress fractures exhibit Bone Marrow (edema) Lesions (BMLs) with and without fracture lines on MRI, and in cases of delayed union these lesions persist. Previous studies on transient osteoporosis and osteoarthritis have demonstrated that bisphosphonates can reduce BMLs. We therefore wanted to test, whether treatment with iv. zoledr...