Lightning comes up with a new bone at every site, and helping him find them is half the fun.
After 18 months, the new bone is expected to be 21 or 22 inches long and healthy.
Maybe it is not like discovering a new bone in the human body.
Like a dog that had just discovered a new bone, it would not let go.
Often, the body will try to create new bone around the area of necrosis.
This other drug actually stimulates the formation of new bone.
It seems to allow the body to grow new bone in its place.
But there seemed to be no new bones broken, except possibly in his left foot.
The little machines would remain in place as new bone grew over them.
They do nothing to accelerate the growth of new bone.