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Fragility Fracture Prevention: Review from a Japanese Perspective
Osteoporosis has been named the silent disease because there are no symptoms until a fragility fracture occurs. With the rapid rise in the elderly population, the number of patients with osteoporosis and fragility fractures has increased in most developed countries. Fragility fractures increase societal burdens in terms of mortality and quality of life, as well as economic costs. Fragility frac...
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1Department for General, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany 2Department for Trauma Surgery and Sports Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria 3Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore 308433 4Paracelsus Medical Private University, Kl...
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British Journal of General Practice, December 2012 667 INTRODUCTION Fragility fractures result from mechanical forces that would not ordinarily result in fracture. The World Health Organization (WHO) has quantified this as forces equivalent to a fall from a standing height or less. Reduced bone density is a major risk factor for fragility fractures. The prevalence of osteoporosis increases mark...
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BACKGROUND Fractures associated with bone fragility in older adults signal the potential for secondary fracture. Fragility fractures often precipitate further decline in health and loss of mobility, with high associated costs for patients, families, society and the healthcare system. Promptly initiating a coordinated, comprehensive pharmacological bone health and falls prevention program post-f...
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An accurate diagnosis of osteoporosis and a proper treatment are today recognized to be the most important facts for prevention and for a correct arrangement and treatment of fragility fractures. In the text the Authors describe a case of severe osteoporosis aggravated by 2 femur fractures and 2 periprosthetic fractures occurred in 2 months. In such cases the orthopaedic surgeon needs to formul...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2405-5255
DOI: 10.1016/j.afos.2018.11.005