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Independent samples t-test was used for continuous variables, and chi squared or fishers exact test for categorical.\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05 was considered significant.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      59 patients (age 59.83\u2009\u00b1\u200917.71; 56.14 female; BMI 29.54\u2009\u00b1\u20098.5) had comorbidities included 32.70% current smoking, 14.30% alcohol use disorder, 21.40% hypothyroidism, 14.30% diabetes. 6 had open fractures; 42 (71.19%) were initially treated nonoperatively. 21 patients were diagnosed with atrophic nonunion, 4 with hypertrophic, and 28 with oligotrophic. 43 nonunions were treated surgically, 11 nonoperatively; the remainder were lost to follow up. 9 had positive cultures at revision. Those with negative revision cultures healed sooner (198\u2009\u00b1\u2009177.54 vs. 451.25\u2009\u00b1\u2009314.377\u00a0days,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.034). 41 patients were treated with bone graft at revision. 42 patients (77.78%) required only one revision before radiographic healing; 12 required\u2009&gt;\u20091. Patients with\u2009&gt;\u20091 revision had longer follow-up (846.25\u2009\u00b1\u2009624.75 vs. 358\u2009\u00b1\u2009261.65\u00a0days,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and were slower to heal (433\u2009\u00b1\u2009388.75 vs. 202.21\u2009\u00b1\u2009157.38\u00a0days,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.028); other factors were not significant on comparison.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Humeral shaft nonunion remains a complex clinical problem. In this analysis, positive cultures at time of initial revision were found to significantly delay healing. Use of bone graft at time of revision was not significantly associated with faster healing or decreased likelihood of requiring\u2009&gt;\u20091 revision procedure.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00590-026-04785-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,13]],"date-time":"2026-06-13T06:40:23Z","timestamp":1781332823000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Risk factors for delayed healing and multiple revisions in humeral shaft nonunion: a retrospective case series"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Ellen","family":"Lutnick","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Timothy","family":"Whelan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bradley","family":"Hawayek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mikaela","family":"Hastings","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marco","family":"Flores","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin","family":"Schauer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elias","family":"Joseph","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Nadir","family":"Haider","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew","family":"Binkley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,13]]},"reference":[{"issue":"10","key":"4785_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2283","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jse.2021.01.029","volume":"30","author":"WM Oliver","year":"2021","unstructured":"Oliver WM, Searle HKC, Ng ZH, Molyneux SG, White TO, Clement ND, Duckworth AD (2021) Factors associated with humeral shaft nonunion. 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