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However, evidence from a systematic review suggests that patient-related or biological causes of nonunion may not be as well understood.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>\u27a2 Understanding the biological causes of nonunion is important for several reasons. Risk factors might identify patients prone to nonunion who could benefit from more aggressive intervention, and a clear idea of nonunion risk could be important when choosing between competing therapeutic options. Risk factors also can inform the design of clinical trials and clarify patient inclusion and exclusion criteria, so that small studies can yield more definitive answers. Finally, an understanding of patient risk profiles may enable clinicians to counsel patients more effectively and to set appropriate expectations for success.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>\u27a2 Patient age appears to be a strong risk factor for nonunion in some bones, a weak risk factor for nonunion in other bones, and perhaps not a significant risk factor for nonunion in certain bones. This observation suggests that there can be substantial bone-to-bone variation in nonunion risk. Age also may be a surrogate for the prevalence of risk factors that potentially increase with age, such as smoking, diabetes, obesity, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>\u27a2 Smoking has been replicated as a risk factor for nonunion only in retrospective studies involving the humerus and tibia. Smoking appears to have an important effect on nonunion, yet the incremental risk may be rather small, except in context with additional risk factors. Diabetes has been confirmed as a risk factor for nonunion only in retrospective studies involving the foot and ankle. Nonunion risk from diabetes alone may be small and the context of additional risk factors crucial; this could account for why it has been so difficult to predict nonunion in the individual patient.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                      <jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:p>\u27a2 Prediction of fracture nonunion in the individual patient is a difficult problem. Fracture nonunion may be influenced by complex interactions between biological and surgical risk factors, and the nonunion rate varies from bone to bone. A randomized clinical trial may not appropriately control for all potential correlates and confounders and may require impractical sample sizes. A large claims-based study of real-world fracture-healing outcomes is needed to provide guidance for randomized clinical trials that can test risk factors more rigorously.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:list-item>\n                    <\/jats:list>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2106\/jbjs.rvw.o.00008","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,5]],"date-time":"2016-01-05T22:18:47Z","timestamp":1452032327000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":176,"title":["Biological Risk Factors for Nonunion of Bone Fracture"],"prefix":"10.2106","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Robert","family":"Zura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samir","family":"Mehta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gregory J.","family":"Della Rocca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R. 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