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Epidemiology of Fracture Nonunion in 18 Human Bones

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2016

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Robert Zura, Ze Xiong, Thomas A. Einhorn, John T. Watson, Robert F. Ostrum, Michael J. Prayson, Gregory J. Della Rocca, Samir Mehta, Todd O. McKinley, Zhe Wang,
JAMA Surgery

Abstract

The probability of fracture nonunion can be based on patient-specific risk factors at presentation. Risk of nonunion is a function of fracture severity, fracture location, disease comorbidity, and medication use.

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