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Various patient factors, including body mass index (BMI), diabetes mellitus (DM), and combined fracture, as well as surgical factors, including fixation methods (e.g., orthogonal plate\/parallel plate\/single plate\/tension bend wiring [TBW]) and combined fracture operations, were evaluated as risk factors for non-unions. Results: Among the patient factors, BMI (25.0 \u00b1 3.4 vs. 22.7 \u00b1 3.4, p = 0.032), DM (5\/13 [38.5%] vs. 20\/142 [14.1%], p = 0.038) and combined fracture (5\/13 [38.5%] vs. 16\/142 [11.3%], p = 0.018) were significantly different between groups with non-union and union. Among the surgical factors, combined fracture operation (5 [38.5%] vs. 9 [6.3%], p = 0.002) and the fixation method (3 [23.1%]\/1 [7.7%]\/4 [30.8%]\/5 [38.5%] vs. 84 [59.2%]\/7 [4.9%]\/40 [28.2%]\/11 [7.7%], p = 0.005) showed a significant difference between groups with non-union and union. Multivariate regression analysis showed that combined fracture operation (OR 10.467; 95% CI 1.880\u201358.257; p = 0.007) and TBW (OR 9.176; 95% CI 1.474\u201357.135; p = 0.018) among the fixation methods posed as a significant risk factor for non-union. Conclusions: The risk of non-union increased in patients who underwent surgery for another fracture combined with distal humerus fracture and in patients who underwent ORIF with TBW.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11102679","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,10]],"date-time":"2022-05-10T08:31:55Z","timestamp":1652171515000},"page":"2679","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Risk Factors for Non-Union after Open Reduction and Internal Fixation in Patients with Distal Humerus Fractures"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1926-3228","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ki-Hyeok","family":"Ku","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shoulder & Elbow Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul 05278, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jong-Hun","family":"Baek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shoulder & Elbow Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul 02447, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2916-0131","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Myung-Seo","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shoulder & Elbow Clinic, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul 05278, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"691","DOI":"10.1016\/j.injury.2006.04.130","article-title":"Epidemiology of adult fractures: A review","volume":"37","author":"Caesar","year":"2006","journal-title":"Injury"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"157","DOI":"10.1007\/s00402-020-03664-4","article-title":"Distal humerus fracture in patients over 70 years of age: Results of open reduction and internal fixation","volume":"142","author":"Moursy","year":"2020","journal-title":"Arch. 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