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MeSH Heading: Fractures, Malunited
Tree Number(s): C26.404.249
Unique ID: D017759
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017759
Annotation: do not confuse with FRACTURES, UNUNITED; coordinate with specific bone /‌inj or precoordinated bone/fracture term
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)
Entry Term(s): Fracture Malunion; Fractures, Abnormal Union; Fractures, Crossunited; Malunion, Fracture
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Established: 1994/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/12/28
Revision Date: 2016/06/13

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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)
Terms: Fractures, Malunited Preferred Term
Term UI T053152
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Fractures, Abnormal Union
Term UI T053151
Date09/15/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Fracture Malunion
Term UI T000897775
Date03/28/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); Malunion, Fracture
Term UI T000897776
Date03/28/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017)

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