Question: When my son was six years old, he broke an elevated fall with his right arm. He twisted and fractured his arm. He was treated by a pediatric orthopedist who showed me the x-ray. Basically, he explained in non-medical jargon, you son broke the stick part of his arm from the ball part. He may have used other language at the time, but seeing that I did not understand what he was saying, he simplified it. The head of the humerus was still in the socket, but the proximal part of the diaphysis was snapped off of it. Two extreme and opposite sides of the bones were still touching each other. Dr. said it did not need surgery, that if we immobilized it, one overhanging side of bone would dissolve, and the opposite underhanging part of the bone would fill in. He was right!!! Every few weeks we showed up for an xray and watched this marvelous healing work. The problem is, now I am taking anatomy for nursing school. Today we were discussing bone remodeling and I told my class and professor about what happened to my son's arm. He didn't believe me!!! Is there a name for this type of fracture healing? I have spent the last hour trying to find an example of it on the internet and have been unsuccessful. A site that showed the healing xrays would be great.

Thanks in advance for your help.
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