{"id":34400,"date":"2025-04-22T15:41:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=34400"},"modified":"2025-04-24T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T16:28:06","slug":"bone-fracture","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/bone-fracture\/","title":{"rendered":"Bone Fracture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a rapidly evolving, therapeutic technology that could transform the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with fractures, especially displaced fractures of bone that are difficult to heal. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces several therapeutic effects that are being evaluated. The use of low intensity focused ultrasound has been evaluated for several different bone fractures, and it has been found to help in the restoration of fractures in the bone. This is similar to a non-focused, low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) that is FDA approved and is marketed under the name of Exogen (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.exogen.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.exogen.com\/en<\/a>). We expect that evaluations using focused ultrasound to see if it furthers the benefit compared to existing devices.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary options for treatment of fracture healing include medication and, in some cases, invasive surgery.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a non-invasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications and lower cost.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound is non-invasive, so it does not carry added concerns like surgical wound healing or infection.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It can be repeated, if necessary.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of bone fracture healing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Bone%20Fracture&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for bone fracture healing is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeingst TJ, Helton AM, Rawnaque FS, Arrizabalaga JH, Ravnic DJ, Simon JC, Hayes DJ. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39996663\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Release of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 from Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration<\/strong><\/a>. Gels. 2025 Feb 6;11(2):120. doi: 10.3390\/gels11020120. PMID: 39996663&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palanisamy P, Alam M, Li S, Chow SK, Zheng YP:<strong>\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/jum.15738?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=transaction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation for bone fractures healing: a review<\/a><\/strong>. J Ultrasound Med. 2022, 41:547-63&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borole A, Trubiano J, Viqueira M, Kalahasti K, Stamos T, Kirschenbaum D, Katt BM.Cureus<strong>&nbsp; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39744288\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Intrinsic\u202fand\u202fExtrinsic\u202fMethods\u202ffor\u202fAugmenting\u202fFracture\u202fHealing in the Hand and Wrist<\/strong><\/a>. 2024 Dec 2;16(12):e74972. doi: 10.7759\/cureus.74972. eCollection 2024 Dec. 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