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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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Internal fixation gave low rates of angulatory malunion compared with early hip spica casting but high rates of overlengthening.
Nonunion, malunion or excision of coccyx with persistent symptoms.
In spite of advances in the treatment of distal radius fractures, malunion remains one of the most common complications.
Injuries to the growth centres of bones in children cause malunion and subsequent growth in a deformed manner.
This may occur as the result of malunion following acromial or humeral greater tuberosity fractures or from osteophytes which project into the subacromial space.
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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