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In 2%-7% of bone fractures, union of the bones is delayed or fails. This can have a severe psychological impact on the patients, and represents a multitude of challenges for orthopedic surgeons. This book discusses currently available tools for diagnosing long bone nonunions, illustrates means of prevention, and specifies the indications for management using compression-distraction techniques. Based on hundreds of cases treated personally by the authors.

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Fracture Healing.- Diaphyseal Fracture Repair.- Assessment of Fracture Healing.- Nonunions: General Features.- Failure of Union.- Nonunions: Diagnosis.- Diagnosis.- Diagnosis of Infection.- Nonunions: Treatment.- Prevention.- Nonunions: Treatment Objectives and Options.- Compression-Distraction Systems.- Compression-Distraction Methods.- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Techniques Other Than Compression-Distraction Methods.- Treatment of Infected Nonunions: Techniques Other Than Compression-Distraction Methods.- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Hypertrophic Nonunions.- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Normotrophic Nonunions.- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Atrophic Nonunions.- Treatment of Noninfected Nonunions: Parafocal Osteotomy.- Treatment of Infected Nonunions.- Amputations and Prosthetic Fitting.- Antibiotic Therapy.- Rehabilitation.- Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism.- Future Directions.- Future Perspectives: Computer-Assisted Surgery.- Method of Unified Designation of External Fixation.

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