Erschienen in:
01.04.2021 | Editorial
Nonunion of fractures in children
verfasst von:
Peter Schmittenbecher
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
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Ausgabe 2/2021
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Excerpt
In fractures of children, we usually confirm patients and parents that healing is not a point of any uncertainty. No doubt that nearly all fractures in childhood will heal. Pediatric traumatologists have two main jobs: to guide healing to a finally good function and to prevent technical failures which disturb healing. A nonunion is exceptional. Exemplary Shrader et al. informed about 43 cases in 15 years in a level I trauma center [
8]. …