The vacuum phenomenon: a CT sign of nonunited fracture.

Stallenberg, B; Madani, A; Burny, F; Gevenois, P A · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2001

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe on CT scans the presence of a gas collection within a bone fracture reflecting the vacuum phenomenon as a sign of nonunited fracture. A gas collection between fractured bone fragments suggests a nonunited fracture.

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