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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Risk factors used for the L-ARRCO score

From: Can a combination of different risk factors be correlated with leg fracture healing time?

Risk factor

L-ARRCO score

Patient history factors

 Age

  <46

1

  46–60

2

  >60

3

Obesity

1

Smoking status

1

Use of NSAID

1

Use of steroids

1

Diabetes

1

Fracture morphology and orthopedic treatment

 Type of fracture

  Closed

1

  Exposed < 5 cm

2

  Exposed > 5 cm

3

  Open grade I

4

 Localization

  Diaphysis

1

  Epiphysis-metaphysis

2

 Treatment

  Conservative

0

  Plate

1

  Endomedullary nail

2

  External fixator

3

Alignment

1

Stability

1

Diastasis

1

  1. Table provides a description of the risk factors used to calculate the L-ARRCO score