Supporting Data
Tables showing the characteristics of the respondents; the number of patients treated and the percentage treated operatively by the respondents; and the survey results with regard to the definition of delayed union and nonunion, the importance of clinical and radiographic factors in the definition, prognostic factors for delayed union and nonunion, the effect of years of experience and trauma training on “smoking” and on “pain on weight-bearing” as prognostic factors, prediction of the time at which delayed union or nonunion are likely to occur, clinical and radiographic factors showing early signs of delayed union and nonunion, and impressions of the respondents with regard to clinical trials; and an illustration of a world map demonstrating the nationalities of the respondents