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Medicina: Ortopedia: Riabilitazione Lesioni Traumatiche della Tibio-Tarsica
| English |
| pseudarthrosis |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Part of speech |
Noun
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| Grammatical label |
Uncountable
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| Definition |
A pathologic entity characterised by deossification of a weight-bearing long bone, followed by bending and pathologic fracture, with inability to form normal callus leading to existence of the "false joint" that gives the condition its name.
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| Definition source |
http://www.graylab.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?pseudarthrosis
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| Context |
Indications for surgery: polio (55%), CMT (9%), spinal cord abnormalities (6%), CP (4%), Guillain-Barré syndrome (1%), pseudarthrosis occurred in thirteen feet.
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| Context source |
http://www.medmedia.com/oo3/170.htm
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| Subject field |
Ankle Rehabilitation
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| Sub-field (level 1) |
Foot pathology
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| Sub-field (level 2) |
Arthropathy
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| Generic concept |
Arthropathy
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| Related concept |
Diastasis, Arthrosis, Tenosynovitis, Joint Stiffness, Sprain, Dislocation, Turf Toe, Sand Toe
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Pseudoartrosi
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| Reliability code |
3
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