How to treat fracture malunion?

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Delayed union of fracture is characterized by slow fracture healing, which brings great harm to patients, but it still has the ability and possibility to continue to heal. After appropriate treatment, fracture healing can still be achieved. So let's talk about how to treat malunion of fracture?.

How to treat fracture malunion?

First, the fracture does not heal, it is impossible to achieve healing by extending the treatment time, but need to remove the sclerotic bone, open the bone marrow cavity, repair bone defects.

Second: bone graft and internal fixation are generally needed, and plaster bandage is also needed for external fixation when necessary.

Third: fracture malunion, such as fracture healing time 2-3 months, callus is not strong, can be broken under anesthesia, broken in the original fracture, reset and fixed, make it in a good position to heal.

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In a word, the correction of orthopedic malunion depends on the location of deformity, the type and degree of deformity, and the condition of soft tissue. For these points, the majority of patients must go to a professional orthopedic hospital for examination and diagnosis. Professional orthopedic doctors will use internal fixation or external fixation for surgical correction according to the condition and examination results. Those with mild deformity, short time and good soft tissue conditions can be corrected at one time. On the contrary, they will consider gradual correction.