"Fractures, Malunited" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Union of the fragments of a fractured bone in a faulty or abnormal position. If two bones parallel to one another unite by osseous tissue, the result is a crossunion. (From Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology, 4th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017759
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.404.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Fractures, Malunited- Fractures, Malunited
- Fracture, Malunited
- Malunited Fracture
- Malunited Fractures
- Fractures, Abnormal Union
- Fracture, Abnormal Union
- Fracture Malunion
- Fracture Malunions
- Malunions, Fracture
- Malunion, Fracture
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Accuracy of ICD-9 codes to identify nonunion and malunion and developing algorithms to improve case-finding of nonunion and malunion. Bone. 2013 Feb; 52(2):596-601.