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Treatment of bone non-union by electromagnetic trerapy

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Twenty-six ununited fractures were treated on an outpatient basis by electromagnetic stimulation using pulsed electromagnetic fields. Union was achieved in twenty-three (88%). The average duration of treatment in successful cases was 21 weeks.

Active infection or a history of previous infection at the fracture site need not prevent union occurring with this method.

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    A. F. Lynch & P. MacAuley

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Lynch, A.F., MacAuley, P. Treatment of bone non-union by electromagnetic trerapy. I.J.M.S. 154, 153–155 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02937258

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