Pseudarthrosis (commonly referred to as a nonunion or false joint) is a bone fracture that has no chance of mending without intervention. In pseudarthrosis the body perceives bone fragments as separate bones and does not attempt to unite them. Often this is a the result of inadequate healing after the fracture, though it can also be the result of ...
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(see also delayed union, nonunion, union) literally means false joint. When a nonunion is mobile and allowed to persist for long periods, the ununited bone ends become sclerotic and the intervening soft tissues differentiate to form a crude sort of synovial articulation. The term is often loosely and incorrectly used to describe all nonunions...
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(from the article `bone disease`) Nonunion results in a false joint—pseudarthrosis—characterized by pain and motion at the fracture site. Healing may be achieved by immobilization ...
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(see also Delayed Union
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A pathologic entity characterised by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal callus leading to existence of the 'false joint' that gives the condition its name. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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(sldbomacd″ahr-thro´sis) a pathologic entity characterized by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal callus; this leads to existence of the “false joint” that gives the condition its name.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sū′dar-thrō′sis Definitions: 1. A new, false joint arising at the site of an ununited fracture. Synonyms: false joint, pseudoarthrosis
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A false joint, as that sometimes seen following a fracture or in failure of an arthrodesis or fusion
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A false joint developing after a fracture that has not united.
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