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Older Age Does Not Affect Healing Time and Functional Outcomes After Fracture Nonunion Surgery

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation 2014, Vol. 5(3) 116-121 ª The Author(s) 2014 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/2151458514532811 gos.sagepub.com

David P. Taormina, MS1, Brandon S. Shulman, BA1, Raj Karia, MPH1, Allison B. Spitzer, MD2, Sanjit R. Konda, MD1,3, and Kenneth A. Egol, MD1,3

Abstract Introduction: Elderly patients are at risk of fracture nonunion, given the potential setting of osteopenia, poorer fracture biology, and comorbid medical conditions. Risk factors predicting fracture nonunion may compromise the success of fracture nonunion surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of patient age on clinical and functional outcome following long bone fracture nonunion surgery. Materials and Methods: A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data identified 288 patients (aged 18-91) who were indicated for long bone nonunion surgery. Two-hundred and seventy-two patients satisfied study inclusion criteria and analyses were performed comparing elderly patients aged 65 years (n ¼ 48) with patients

Older age does not affect healing time and functional outcomes after fracture nonunion surgery.

Elderly patients are at risk of fracture nonunion, given the potential setting of osteopenia, poorer fracture biology, and comorbid medical conditions...
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