Letter to the Editor in response to Drs. Safiri and Ayubi

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: rzura@lsuhsc.edu.
² Braid-Forbes Health Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Electronic address: mjbraidforbes@braidforbes.com.
³ Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, USA. Electronic address: KJeray@ghs.org.
⁴ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: Samir.Mehta@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁵ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: Thomas.Einhorn@nyumc.org.
⁶ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: watsonjt@slu.edu.
⁷ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: gregory.della.rocca@duke.edu.
⁸ School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: forbes@cua.edu.
⁹ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA; Medical Affairs, Bioventus LLC, 4721 Emperor Blvd., Suite 100, 27703 Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: Grant.Steen@bioventusglobal.com.

Comment

Robert Zura et al. Bone. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec:105:309.

doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.12.010. Epub 2016 Dec 23.

¹ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address: rzura@lsuhsc.edu.
² Braid-Forbes Health Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA. Electronic address: mjbraidforbes@braidforbes.com.
³ Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery, University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC, USA. Electronic address: KJeray@ghs.org.
⁴ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: Samir.Mehta@uphs.upenn.edu.
⁵ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: Thomas.Einhorn@nyumc.org.
⁶ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA. Electronic address: watsonjt@slu.edu.
⁷ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: gregory.della.rocca@duke.edu.
⁸ School of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: forbes@cua.edu.
⁹ Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA, USA; Medical Affairs, Bioventus LLC, 4721 Emperor Blvd., Suite 100, 27703 Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: Grant.Steen@bioventusglobal.com.

No abstract available

Comment on

Bone fracture nonunion rate decreases with increasing age: A prospective inception cohort study.
Zura R, Braid-Forbes MJ, Jeray K, Mehta S, Einhorn TA, Watson JT, Della Rocca GJ, Forbes K, Steen RG. Zura R, et al. Bone. 2017 Feb;95:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.11.006. Epub 2016 Nov 9. Bone. 2017. PMID: 27836732
Bone fracture nonunion rate decreases with increasing age: Bias in the prediction model.
Safiri S, Ayubi E. Safiri S, et al. Bone. 2017 Dec;105:310. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2016.12.011. Epub 2016 Dec 16. Bone. 2017. PMID: 27993595 No abstract available.