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Introduction Since the 1960s, tobacco smoking has been a well-known risk factor for development of malignancies and cardiovascular disease, and has been associated with increased mortality rates. 1 – 3 According to the World Health
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Introduction Smoking, a widespread habit characterized by the inhalation of nicotine-rich tobacco smoke ( 1 ), has few proven benefits, such as stress reduction ( 2 , 3 ), but multiple established adverse effects, including a detrimental
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nonunion: open/closed fractures, fracture complexity (i.e. AO classification), diabetes, smoking, and age. According to the Social Security Administration final rules for evaluating musculoskeletal disorders in 2021, nonunion is defined as ‘a fracture that
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