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Overview, classification and management of nonunion
frx of shaft of long bone should not be considered nonunion until at least 6 months post injury, esp treatment was complicated by infection;
- in contrast, a central fracture of the femoral neck can sometimes be defined as a non union after only 3 months;
- in established non union, sclerosis develops around the bone ends and medullary canals are sealed off;
- bone ends are joined by fibrous tissue;
- final stage of a nonunited fracture is formation of pseudoarthrosis
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