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Once a bone has been fractured, is it easier to fracture it again?
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Depends: Mainly depends on your age and health. If a healthy 12 year old fractures a bone and it is treated correctly-it will heal perfectly. But if an elderly patient with osteoporosis and who smokes fractures a bone they are high likelihood of not healing (nonunion) and therefore would technically fracture easily through the nonunion site.
Answered 4/6/2015
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