Review Article

Current Options for Determining Fracture Union

Figure 1

((a) and (b)) Radiographs of a hypertrophic tibial nonunion in a 35-year-old man ten months status after medullary fixation of an open tibial shaft fracture with persistent pain and inability to weight bare. Note abundant callus formation but persistent fracture line.
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