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The Principles of Non-Union Management

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A “non-union” is a fracture of a bone induced either by trauma or surgery which fails to progress to union within a reasonable time span. Defining healing times is difficult. A diaphyseal tibial fracture, for example, may heal in 10 weeks or twelve months depending on endogenous and exogenous factors which in turn are modulated by the effects of surgery.

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Saleh, M. (2000). The Principles of Non-Union Management. In: De Bastiani, G., Apley, A.G., Goldberg, A. (eds) Orthofix External Fixation in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0691-3_49

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