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What does malunion mean?

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Noun
  1. (anatomy) Bad or incorrect union (of parts of the body).
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In spite of advances in the treatment of distal radius fractures, malunion remains one of the most common complications.
Nonunion, malunion or excision of coccyx with persistent symptoms.
Injuries to the growth centres of bones in children cause malunion and subsequent growth in a deformed manner.
Internal fixation gave low rates of angulatory malunion compared with early hip spica casting but high rates of overlengthening.
The final functional result was good in spite of a malunion with cephalad displacement of the iliac wing of 15 mm.
Healing in a poor position, or malunion, may occur when realignment has been improper or when injuries have destroyed large portions of the bone so that deformity must be accepted to salvage it.

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