BACKGROUND/AIM Midface fractures are commonly present and difficult to diagnose in trauma patients. The objective of this study was to determine clinically accessible indicators of midface fracture. MATERIAL AND METHODS A case-control study design was used to determine clinical indicators of midface fracture. Population source was a level I trauma center registry for years 2007-2009. Cases ha...

Background: Thrombin related peptide (TP508) is a 23 amino-acid synthetic peptide that represents a portion of the receptor-binding domain of thrombin molecule. Previous studies have shown that TP508 can accelerate musculoskeletal tissue repair including fracture healing. Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of TP508 on fracture healing in a murine fracture model repr...

BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly population. Growing evidence supports that AD patients are at high risk for hip fracture, but the issue remains questionable. The purpose of the present study is to perform a meta-analysis to explore the association between AD and risk of hip fracture. Considering that bone mineral density (BMD) acts as a st...

Several observational studies have investigated the relation between cadmium exposure and risk of any fracture. However, the results from epidemiological studies for the association are inconsistent.We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the relationship between cadmium exposure and risk of any fracture. The pertinent studies were identified by a search of PubMed and Embase databases from 196...

The association between height and risk of hip fracture has been investigated in several studies, but the evidence is inconclusive. We therefore conducted this meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to explore whether an association exists between height and risk of hip fracture. We searched PubMed and EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library for studies of height and risk of hip f...

BACKGROUND A meta-analysis found that high dose vitamin D, different from low dose, decreased fracture risk by 23% for any nonvertebral fracture and by 26% for hip fracture. Unfortunately, however, this effect was not confirmed by recent trials. The aim of this paper is to explore if this inconsistency can be attributed to publication bias or heterogeneity of the trials. METHODS The meta-anal...