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Size Matters: Defining Critical in Bone Defect Size!
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Summary: Bone defects are common and are associated with a significant burden of disease. The treatment of these injuries remains controversial, particularly those defects which are critical sized. Despite the need for decision making to be evidence based, a lack of consensus around definitions of critical-sized defects still exists, particularly around those defects in the 1–3 cm range. There is a need to define “critical” in bone defect size because noncritical defects may heal without planned reconstruction and secondary surgery. This article reviews the current evidence around the definition of a critical-sized bone defect and concludes that defects in the order of 2.5 cm or greater seem to have a poor natural history.
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- Authors
- Schemitsch, E. H.
- Venue
- Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Published
- 2017-10
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- S20-S22
- ISSN
- 0890-5339 (ISSN-L)
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- W2759529239
- Cited by
- 501
- References
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- FWCI
- 13.36
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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