> a post mortem fracture can be distinguished from one that happened just prior to death My understanding is that ante mortem and post mortem fractures can be

> a post mortem fracture can be distinguished from one that happened just prior to death My understanding is that ante mortem and post mortem fractures can be distinguished by bone marrow oedema. Presumably, if the post is an extremely long period and there's no bone marrow present, then there would be other substantially different fracture patterns.