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There remain many unanswered clinical questions regarding the management of these injuries and how the various aspects of care can be further optimized. There continues to be a paucity of evidence regarding how infection can best be treated and prevented, how to reliability predict bone healing\/nonunion, and how bone healing can be best augmented in the setting of open fractures and their potential nonunions. 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