malunion

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• The patient was advised that malunion could result in the limb healing at an incorrect angle.

• The initial symptom of malunion is a noticeable angulation or rotation of the extremity.

  Academic text (2002)

• However, this method of treatment failed to maintain reduction and reported redisplacement and malunion rates in over 50% of cases.

  Academic text (2017)

• The diagnostic procedure is a radiologic exam that will confirm malunion if it is present.

  Academic text (2002)

• Malunion and nonunion of the surgical site are also documented in the literature.

  Academic text (2006)

• Tadross et al. 15 case series of eight patients treated with cable plate systems had four cases that were considered failures: 2 cases of non-unions and 2 cases of malunion.

  Academic text (2007)

• Although a supracondylar malunion may be unsightly, studies have shown that it causes no proven functional deficit (Sponseller, 2002).

  Academic text (2006)

• The optimal treatment for elderly patients with DRF has been very controversial, since malunion or redisplacement in these patients does not necessarily translate into unsatisfactory functional outcomes.

  Academic text (2017)

• Complications may occur due to fasciotomy, such as fracture instability, bone necrosis, malunion, delayed union, or nonunion of fracture; infection is also a possibility.

  Academic text (2004)

• Malunion and nonunion occur more frequently because of the difficulty in reducing and maintaining the reduction of two parallel bones in the presence of the pronating and supinating muscles that have angular as well as rotational influences.

  Academic text (2003)

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