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AJR 2001; 176:1161-1164
© American Roentgen Ray Society

Original Report

The Vacuum Phenomenon

A CT Sign of Nonunited Fracture

Bernard Stallenberg1, Afarine Madani1, Franz Burny2 and Pierre Alain Gevenois1

1 Department of Radiology, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.

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.

CONCLUSION. A gas collection between fractured bone fragments suggests a nonunited fracture.


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