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Treatment of Nonunions

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Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails

Pseudarthrosis of femoral and tibial fractures is a serious complication of diaphyseal fractures of the lower limb. It prolongs patient morbidity, the time lost from work, and therefore economic hardship.

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  1. Dr. D. Dagrenat
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. AIOD, 16 Rue du Parc, 67205, Straßbourg, France

    I. Kempf

  2. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR, China

    K. S. Leung

  3. Centre de Traumatologie et d’Orthopédie, 10 Avenue A. Baumann, 67400, Straßbourg, France

    A. Grosse  & G. Taglang  & 

  4. Department of Surgery, Academisch Ziekenhuis, De Boelelaan 1117, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    H. J. T. M. Haarman

  5. Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wandsbeck, Alphonsstraße 14, 22043, Hamburg, Germany

    H. Seidel

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Dagrenat, D., Kempf, I. (2002). Treatment of Nonunions. In: Kempf, I., Leung, K.S., Grosse, A., Haarman, H.J.T.M., Seidel, H., Taglang, G. (eds) Practice of Intramedullary Locked Nails. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56337-9_6

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