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Abstract
A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a false joint occurs. (Stedman, 25th ed)
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- Fractures, Ununited
- Fracture, Ununited
- Ununited Fracture
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with FRACTURES, MALUNITED; coordinate with specific bone /inj or precoordinated bone/fracture term
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Ununited Fractures. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005599. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005599
- Ununited Fractures. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonunion
- Ununited Fractures. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7049641