Epidemiology of Fracture Nonunion in 18 Human Bones.

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Abstract

Failure of bone fracture healing occurs in 5% to 10% of all patients. Nonunion risk is associated with the severity of injury and with the surgical treatment technique, yet progression to nonunion is not fully explained by these risk factors.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): JAMA Surg

Title: JAMA surgery

Publisher: American Medical Association (AMA)

ISSN (Electronic): 2168-6262

ISSN (Print): 2168-6254

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 16 2016

Volume: 151

Issue: 11

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[1 ] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

[2 ] Department of Statistics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh.

[3 ] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York.

[4 ] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

[5 ] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

[6 ] Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.

[7 ] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.

[8 ] Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

[9 ] Department of Orthoapaedic Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis.

[10 ] Medical Affairs, Bioventus LLC, Durham, North Carolina.

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Publisher Item ID: 2547685

DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2775

PubMed ID: 27603155

SO-VID: 66d274ab-5ba0-4d9e-bbc7-dd0069448ad8

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