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Nonunion

Nonunion is permanent failure of healing following a broken bone unless intervention (such as surgery) is performed. A fracture with nonunion generally forms a structural resemblance to a fibrous joint, and is therefore often called a "false joint" or pseudoarthrosis (from Greek pseudo-, meaning false, arthron, meaning joint, and -osis, meaning abnormal…

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Treatment

InternalExternal fixationBone graftingOsteoinductiveGavriil Ilizarov
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Types of nonunion

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NicotineHyperparathyroidismNF1
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Nonunion

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Edges38
Triples39
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
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Nonunion

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related to Surgery · 11
Nonunion → Autologous, Bone, Currently, Debridement, Filling, Immobilization, Inorganic, Metal, S53P4, Surgical, The
related to Diagnosis · 5
Nonunion → Blood, CRP, CT, ESR, The FDA
related to Prognosis · 5
Nonunion → By, In, It, The, Therefore
related to Atrophic nonunion · 4
Nonunion → Atrophic, Failure, In, This
related to Hypertrophic nonunion · 4
Nonunion → In, This, Typically, X-rays
related to Oligotrophic nonunion · 2
Nonunion → As, These
Specialty · 1
Nonunion → Orthopedics
is a · 1
Nonunion → serious complication of a fracture and may occur when the fracture moves too much
related to Types of nonunion · 1
Nonunion → There

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NonunionSpecialtyOrthopedics1.00infobox
Nonunionis aserious complication of a fracture and may occur when the fracture moves too much0.90text
hyperparathyroidism.Can be found in those with NF1.Genetic predisposition.Related to the fracture siteinstance ofOld age.Poor nutritional status.Habitual nicotine and alcohol consumption.Metabolic disturbances0.80text
calciuminstance ofBlood tests can evaluate if the patient has adequate levels of nutrients0.80text
vitamin Dinstance ofBlood tests can evaluate if the patient has adequate levels of nutrients0.80text
ESRinstance ofBlood tests can also look for markers of infection0.80text
CRPinstance ofBlood tests can also look for markers of infection0.80text
Nonunionrelated to Atrophic nonunionIn0.60section
Nonunionrelated to Atrophic nonunionThis0.60section
Nonunionrelated to Atrophic nonunionFailure0.60section
Nonunionrelated to Atrophic nonunionAtrophic0.60section
Nonunionrelated to DiagnosisThe FDA0.60section

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