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Comparative Study
. 1995 Jun;38(6):907-9.
doi: 10.1097/00005373-199506000-00014.

Fracture blister formation: a laboratory study

C P Giordano  1 , D Scott, K J Koval, F Kummer, T Atik, P Desai
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Comparative Study

Fracture blister formation: a laboratory study

C P Giordano et al. J Trauma. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

A biomechanical study was performed to examine a proposed mechanism of fracture blister formation. Sixty cadaver ankle skin specimens were subjected to several levels of uniaxial strain and examined histologically. Dermal-epidermal separation patterns similar to those found histologically in previous studies of biopsied fracture blisters were seen in specimens strained 152% and greater. These findings support the hypothesis that fracture blisters can result from strain developed in the skin during initial fracture deformation.

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