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Nonunions: Evaluation and Treatment
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Author:Mark R. Brinker, M.D. and Daniel P. O'Connor, Ph.D.
While fracture nonunions may represent a small percentage
of the traumatologist's case load, they can account for
a high percentage of a surgeon's stress, anxiety, and frustration.
Arrival of a fracture nonunion may be anticipated
following a severe traumatic injury, such as an open fracture
with segmental bone loss, but may also appear following a
low-energy fracture that seemed destined to heal.
p0020 Fracture nonunion is a chronic medical condition associated
with pain and functional and psychosocial disability.
180 Because of the wide variation in patient responses
to various stresses177 and the impact that may have on the
patient's family (relationships, income, etc.), these cases
are often difficult to manage.
p0030 Some 90 to 95 percent of all fractures heal without problems.
87,245 Nonunions are that small percentage of cases in
which the biological process of fracture repair cannot
overcome the local biology and mechanics of the bony injury.
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