How does callus show healing on non-displaced fractures?

Today's episode comes from a question on the Doc On The Run YouTube channel.  We were talking about how bone callus shows up as evidence of healing after a fracture in a runner.

 

Her question was:

 

“If there was no visible gap in between the bones where the fracture is, will the callus still be visible on the X-ray ? How will the callus show for non-displaced fractures on imaging? Thank you so much for creating this channel and for sharing all your expertise to the world.”

 

How does callus show healing on non-displaced fractures? 

 

Well, that's what we're talking about today on the Doc On The Run Podcast.