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Fracture liaison services: improving outcomes for patients with osteoporosis

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2017
Samuel Walters,1 Tanvir Khan,2 Terence Ong,3,4 Opinder Sahota3 1East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, 2Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Sports Medicine, University of Nottingham ...
Walters S, Khan T, Ong T, Sahota O
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Fracture liaison service model: project design and accreditation. [PDF]

Osteoporos Int, 2023
A Summary Frailty fractures place a significant socioeconomic burden on the health care system. The Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (SIOT) is proceeding to fracture liaison service (FLS) model accreditation in several Italian Fracture ...
Tarantino U, Greggi C, Visconti VV, Cariati I, Bonanni R, Gasperini B, Iundusi R, Gasbarra E, Tranquilli Leali P, Brandi ML.   +9 more
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Quality improvement initiative: implementing routine vertebral fracture assessments into an Australian Fracture Liaison Service [PDF]

BMJ Open Quality, 2023
Kate Laver, Leanne Greene, Kisani Manuel, Deval Shah, Kirrily Holton, Bogda Bajger   +5 more
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Fracture liaison service [PDF]

Current Medical Issues, 2020
A bone fracture in the elderly is - contrary to popular belief - certainly not always the inevitable consequence of bad luck or clumsiness. The first fracture should sound the alarm, because it is known that at such a time the chance of another fracture increases considerably.
Remya Rajanl, Kripa Elizabeth Cherian, Nitin Kapoor, Thomas Vizhalil Paul   +3 more
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The role of the fracture liaison service in the prevention of atypical femoral fractures. [PDF]

Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis, 2023
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures (FFs) are considered critical health problems by the World Health Organization (WHO) because of high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. The occurrence of a FF raises the risk of a subsequent fracture (refracture).
Toro G, Braile A, Liguori S, Moretti A, Landi G, Cecere AB, Conza G, De Cicco A, Tarantino U, Iolascon G.   +9 more
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Secondary fracture prevention: global approaches

OTA International, 2022
. Osteoporotic fractures, a major cause of disability and associated medical care expenditures, are expected to continue to increase worldwide. Adults who sustain primary osteoporotic fractures are more likely to sustain additional subsequent fractures ...
Theodore Miclau, MD
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Vertebral fracture: epidemiology, impact and use of DXA vertebral fracture assessment in fracture liaison services

, 2021
Summary: Vertebral fractures are independent risk factors for vertebral and nonvertebral fractures. Since vertebral fractures are often missed, the relatively new introduction of vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) for imaging of the lateral spine during
Zhang, Jean, Harvey, Nicholas, Paccou, J., Javaid, K.,, Fuggle, NR, Akesson, K. E.,, Lems, W.F., Manju Chandran, Manju, Akesson, KE, Akesson, K. E., Harvey, N. C.,, Cooper, C.,, Paccou, J.,, Chandran, M.,, Cooper, Cyrus, Fuggle, Nicholas, Zhang, J.,, Ferrari, S.,, Fuggle, N., Lems, WF, Kassim Javaid, M., Zhang, J., Fardellone, Patrice, Paccou, J, Akesson, Kristina E., Fuggle, N. R.,, Chandran, M., Javaid, K., Harvey, NC, Ferrari, S., Lems, W.,, Lems, W. F., Cooper, C., Chandran, M, Javaid, K, Harvey, N. C., Lems, W., Akesson, K., Ferrari, Serge Livio, Cooper, C, International Osteoporosis Foundation Fracture Working Group, Harvey, N., Fuggle, N. R., Ferrari, S, Lund University., Zhang, J   +45 more
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Fragility fracture management and FLS models in South Africa and Israel

OTA International, 2022
. Osteoporosis is a common disease of the elderly. Many patients at high risk are neither identified nor treated. A Fracture Liaison Service is a coordinated model of care for secondary fracture prevention.
Brian P. Bernstein, MBBCh, FCS(SA)Orth, Mlekeleli T.N. Duma, MBBCh, FCS(SA)Orth, Omer Or, MD, Tamar Fisher-Negev, Pharm-D, Yoram Weil, MD   +4 more
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Operative secondary prevention of fragility fractures: national clinical standards for fracture liaison service in Egypt—an initiative by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background Despite a broad spectrum of effective anti-osteoporosis therapies and a growing number of older adults worldwide, the number of people receiving appropriate secondary fracture prevention is not yet optimum or achieved its expected target, i.e.,
Naglaa Gadallah, Yasser El Miedany
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Effectiveness of fracture liaison services in osteoporosis

Joint Bone Spine, 2023
In response to the gradual decline in the number of prescriptions for anti-osteoporosis medication (AOM) following fragility fractures, fracture liaison services (FLSs) have been set up around the world with the aim of filling this treatment gap. Several studies have already reported the benefits of such organizations, particularly in reducing fracture
Julien Paccou, Cécile Philippoteaux, Bernard Cortet, Patrice Fardellone   +3 more
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