Delayed union and nonunions: epidemiology, clinical issues, and financial aspects.

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Published in Injury on June 01, 2014

Authors

David J Hak1, Daniel Fitzpatrick2, Julius A Bishop3, J Lawrence Marsh4, Susanne Tilp5, Reinhard Schnettler5, Hamish Simpson6, Volker Alt5

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedics Denver Health/University of Colorado, 777 Bannock Street, MC 0188, Denver, CO 80204, USA. Electronic address: david.hak@dhha.org.
2: Slocum Center for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Eugene, OR, USA.
3: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 450 Broadway Street, Pavilion A, Redwood City, CA, USA.
4: Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
5: Department of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Giessen-Marburg GmbH, Rudolf-Buchheim-Str. 7, 35385 Giessen, Germany.
6: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of the Clinical Effectiveness of Bioactive Glass (S53P4) in the Treatment of Tibia and Femur Non-unions | NCT05049915

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