title: The vacuum phenomenon: a CT sign of nonunited fracture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A gas collection between fractured bone fragments suggests a nonunited fracture.
authors: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Stallenberg
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Madani
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Burny
authors: P A
authors: PA
authors: Gevenois
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005599:Fractures, Ununited / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D005740:Gases