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pseudoarthrosis

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pseudoarthrosis [ˌsjuːdəʊɑːˈθrəʊsɪs], pseudarthrosis [ˌsjuːdɑːˈθrəʊsɪs]
n pl -ses [-siːz]
(Medicine / Pathology) a joint formed by fibrous tissue bridging the gap between the two fragments of bone of an old fracture that have not united Nontechnical names false joint false ankylosis Also called nearthrosis


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The first successful spinal fusion was performed in 1911 to reduce pseudoarthrosis.
Back pain patients would probably do well to think about that, because the surgery they're about to undergo poses real risks, including infection, continuing pain, pseudoarthrosis, a condition called "failed back syndrome," and occasionally even death.
4%), pseudoarthrosis was found in their radiographic studies; in none of these patients, however, was abnormal motion detected in the obtained flexion/extension radiographs.
 
 
 
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