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. 2025 Oct 6;8(5 Suppl):e441.
doi: 10.1097/OI9.0000000000000441. eCollection 2025 Oct.

Fracture nonunions

Vu Le  1 , Clifford Jones  2 , Zachary M Working  3 , Georg Duda  4 , Christopher Evans  5 , Andrew Evans  6
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Fracture nonunions

Vu Le et al. OTA Int. .

Abstract

The Fracture Nonunion Symposium presented at the 2024 Orthopaedic Trauma Association Basic Science Focus Forum featured invited speakers who discussed current perspectives on this topic. Clinical approaches, diagnostic advancements, basic science perspectives, and novel treatment strategies were discussed. This symposium was curated to highlight this common and challenging clinical problem faced by orthopaedic and musculoskeletal practitioners from around the globe.

Keywords: delayed union; fracture; infection; nonunion; trauma.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors have no conflicts of interest pertaining to this manuscript. No funding was received for this manuscript.

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