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This study evaluates associations between preoperative intravenous ketorolac and outcomes on bone healing after femoral intramedullary nailing (IMN).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Using the TriNetX database, we conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of adults undergoing femoral IMN who received a single preoperative IV ketorolac dose. Propensity score matching (1:1) produced 2 cohorts (n\u2009=\u20098,466 each). Outcomes included wound disruption, infection, sepsis, thromboembolism, mortality, readmission, and nonunion\/malunion repair. Risk ratios, 95% confidence intervals, and\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      values were calculated (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Ketorolac was associated with increased wound disruption (\n                      <jats:italic>P\u2009<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.034), and nonunion\/malunion repair (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =\u20090.015), but decreased mortality (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.014) and readmission (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.009).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Preoperative ketorolac exposure was associated with higher rates of operative treatment of nonunion\/malunion, although these findings should be interpreted cautiously because of substantial residual confounding and exposure misclassification.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Level of evidence<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Level III, Prognostic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00590-026-04867-y","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]],"date-time":"2026-07-06T05:09:22Z","timestamp":1783314562000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Preoperative ketorolac is associated with increased nonunion repair following femoral intramedullary nailing: a retrospective cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Joshua","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carolyn","family":"Henein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cameron","family":"Bowers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philong","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Keenan","family":"Horani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"William M.","family":"Weiss","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"4867_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm8081119","author":"G Testa","year":"2019","unstructured":"Testa G, Vescio A, Aloj DC et al (2019) Definitive treatment of femoral shaft fractures: comparison between anterograde intramedullary nailing and monoaxial external fixation. 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