Orthopaedic surgeons and fragility fractures. A survey by the Bone and Joint Decade and the International Osteoporosis Foundation.

نویسندگان

  • K E Dreinhöfer
  • J M Féron
  • A Herrera
  • R Hube
  • O Johnell
  • L Lidgren
  • K Miles
  • L Panarella
  • H Simpson
  • W A Wallace
چکیده

K. E. Dreinhöfer, MD, Deputy Head Department of Orthopaedics, Rehabilitationskrankenhaus, Ulm University, Oberer Eselsberg 45, 89081 Ulm, Germany. J.-M. Féron, MD, Professor, Chef de Service Service de Chirurgie Orthopedique et Traumatologique, Hopital Tenon, 4 rue de la Chine, 75970 Paris, France. A. Herrera, MD, PhD, Professor, Chief Service of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma, University Hospital “Miguel Servet”, P° Isabel la Católica 1-3, 5009 Zaragoza, Spain. R. Hube, MD, PhD, Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Martin-Luther-University, Magdeberge Strasse 22, 06122 Halle, Germany. O. Johnell, MD, PhD, Professor Department of Orthopaedics, Malmö General Hospital, 20520 Malmö, Sweden. L. Lidgren, MD, PhD, Professor, Head of the Department Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University, 22185 Lund, Sweden. K. Miles, BSc, Chief Executive New Zealand Orthopaedic Association, 43 Kent Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand. L. Panarella, MD Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Rome, “Tor Vergata”, 130, Via Chiala, 00139 Rome, Italy. H. Simpson, FRCS, Professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma University of Edinburgh, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh at Little France, Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4SU, UK. W. A. Wallace, FRCS, FRCS ED (Orth), Professor of Orthopaedics and Trauma University Hospital, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. Correspondence should be sent to Dr K. E. Dreinhöfer.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume

دوره 86 7  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004