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Editorial

. 2025 May 21:68:103070.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103070. eCollection 2025 Sep.

Weight bearing after fractures; time to weigh in!

Nirmal C Tejwani¹

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PMID: 40529235
PMCID: PMC12167769 (available on 2026-05-21)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103070

Editorial

Weight bearing after fractures; time to weigh in!

Nirmal C Tejwani. J Clin Orthop Trauma. 2025.

. 2025 May 21:68:103070.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103070. eCollection 2025 Sep.

Author

Nirmal C Tejwani¹

Affiliation

¹ Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, USA.

PMID: 40529235
PMCID: PMC12167769 (available on 2026-05-21)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2025.103070

No abstract available

Keywords: Complications; Early weight bearing; Fractures; Healing; Non weight bearing.

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