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When an incomplete fracture occurs, the visible gap at the site makes primary healing unlikely. If the site is relatively stable, then secondary healing can follow. Incomplete osteoarticular fractures can heal with rest, but the current consensus is that provision of interfragmentary compression, which should induce primary bone healing, produces a more predictable healing process, decreases the period of required immobilization, reduces progressive articular cartilage damage and shortens convalescence.