Fracture nonunion etiology, diagnosis, and treatment: current understandings and approaches
Fracture healing is a carefully orchestrated process that closely resembles embryonic skeletal development. In 5-10% of all fractures however this process arrests or is impeded, creating a nonunion of bone across the fracture site that severely complicates patient recovery at great economic cost. Th...
Main Author: | Reahl, George Bradley |
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Other Authors: | Gerstenfeld, Louis C. |
Language: | en_US |
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2019
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2144/36631 |
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