The vacuum phenomenon: a CT sign of nonunited fracture.
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.
Stallenberg
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Department of Radiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
Madani
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Burny
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Gevenois
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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
D005740:Gases