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Descriptor English: Fractures, Malunited
Descriptor Spanish: Fracturas Mal Unidas
Descriptor fracturas mal unidas
Scope note: Unión de los fragmentos de un hueso fracturado en una posición defectuosa o anormal. Si dos huesos paralelos entre sí se unen por tejido óseo, el resultado es una unión cruzada.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fraturas Mal-Unidas
Descriptor French: Cals vicieux
Entry term(s): Crossunited Fracture
Crossunited Fractures
Fracture Malunion
Fracture Malunions
Fracture, Abnormal Union
Fracture, Crossunited
Fracture, Malunited
Fractures, Abnormal Union
Fractures, Crossunited
Malunion, Fracture
Malunions, Fracture
Malunited Fracture
Malunited Fractures
Tree number(s): C26.404.249
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017759
Scope note: 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)
Annotation: do not confuse with FRACTURES, UNUNITED; coordinate with specific bone /inj or precoordinated bone/fracture term
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
DeCS ID: 31460
Unique ID: D017759
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Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2016/06/13
Fractures, Malunited - Preferred
Concept UI M0026845
Scope note 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)
Preferred term Fractures, Malunited
Entry term(s) Fracture Malunion
Fracture Malunions
Fracture, Abnormal Union
Fracture, Malunited
Fractures, Abnormal Union
Malunion, Fracture
Malunions, Fracture
Malunited Fracture
Malunited Fractures
Fractures, Crossunited - Narrower
Concept UI M0026846
Preferred term Fractures, Crossunited
Entry term(s) Crossunited Fracture
Crossunited Fractures
Fracture, Crossunited



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