Validation of the Non-Union Scoring System in 300 long bone non-unions

Injury

Volumn 45, Issue S6, 2014, Pages S93-S97

  Calori, G M ^a   Colombo, M ^a   Mazza, E L ^a   Mazzola, S ^a   Malagoli, E ^a   Marelli, N ^a   Corradi, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone defect; Monotherapy; Non Union; Non union; NUSS; Polytherapy; Scoring System; Segmental defect; Weber Cech

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INFECTION; LONG BONE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON UNION SCORING SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICE; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; ALGORITHM; CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE NONUNION; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ALGORITHMS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, UNUNITED; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84915817821     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.10.030     Document Type: Article

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