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FRACTURES OF THE LONG BONES. [PDF]

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1883
[Read before the Surgical Section of the American Medical Association, at the meeting in Cleveland, June 6, 1883.] Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: In the limited time at my disposal I must greatly abbreviate the matter which I had prepared to offer on this occasion.
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Clinical outcomes of treatment with locking compression plates for distal femoral fractures in a retrospective cohort

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Background Plate fixation is one of the standard surgical treatments for distal femoral fractures. There are few reports on the relationship between the screw position and bone union when fixing by the bridging plate (relative stability) method.
Masahiro Kiyono, Tomoyuki Noda, Hiroshi Nagano, Takashi Maehara, Yasuaki Yamakawa, Yusuke Mochizuki, Takahiko Uchino, Suguru Yokoo, Koji Demiya, Kenta Saiga, Yasunori Shimamura, Toshifumi Ozaki   +11 more
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Twisted Plating - A Method of Distal Fibula Fixation [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2020
Objective The literature entails various intramedullary and extramedullary methods for distal fibula fracture fixation; with no consensus yet over the ideal method of fixation. We have retrospectively analyzed the results of using a twisted and contoured
Sanjay Agarwala, Aditya Menon, Ravi Bhadiyadra   +2 more
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Bone Health, Fragility Fractures, and the Hand Surgeon

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online
Fragility fractures, which are often linked to osteoporosis, are fractures resulting from minimal trauma or low-impact falls. Although osteoporosis treatment can reduce risk of fragility fractures, many patients do not meet diagnostic criteria for ...
Jessica Ong, MD, PhD, Isabel Snee, BS, Isabel Marcano, MD, Scott Tintle, MD, Malek Cheikh, MD, Aviram M. Giladi, MD, MS   +5 more
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Pharmacological Topics of Bone Metabolism: Recent Advances in Pharmacological Management of Osteoporosis

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences, 2008
The prevention of osteoporotic fracture is an essential socioeconomical priority, especially in the developed countries including Japan. Estrogen, selective estrogen-receptor modulators (SERMs), and bisphosphonate are potent inhibitors of bone resorption;
Atsushi Suzuki, Sahoko Sekiguchi, Shogo Asano, Mitsuyasu Itoh   +3 more
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Comparison between Fixation with Smooth Kirschner Wire and Cannulated Screws in Displaced Fractures of the Lateral Humeral Condyle in Children

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023
Objective To compare the use of cannulated screws and smooth Kirschner wires in terms of reducing the presence of exuberant callus and complications in pediatric displaced fractures of the lateral humeral condyle.
Alberto Daniel Navarro Vergara, Alberto Navarro Fretes   +1 more
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Thiazolidinediones and bone fractures [PDF]

Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 2011
The topic of increased risk of bone fracture associated with thiazolidinediones (TZD) treatment first drew international attention when a higher rate of fractures in women with diabetes treated with rosiglitazone was reported in the A Diabetes Outcome Program Trial (ADOPT)1. Subsequently, a number of clinical trials and observational studies addressing
Kaku, Kohei, Hashiramoto, Mitsuru
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Cement injection and postoperative vertebral fractures during vertebroplasty

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Objective Vertebroplasty is the most widely used method for treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF). During this procedure, bone cement is injected into the vertebral body.
Le Hu, Hao Sun, Hua Wang, Jun Cai, Yuping Tao, Xinmin Feng, Yongxiang Wang   +6 more
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Surgical Treatment of Multiple Osteoporotic Fractures of the Dorsolumbar Spine: Case Report

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2021
Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are a common type of fracture and affect a significant number of subjects with osteoporosis. Despite the high fracture risk, the concomitant occurrence of vertebral fractures at non-contiguous levels is very rare.
Ricardo Ramalho Marques, Diogo Lino Moura, Paulo Lourenço   +2 more
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Evaluating a Pragmatic Strength Alternative for Frailty Measurement and Assessing Its Predictive Capacity Against Established Frailty Instruments in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Frailty occurs prematurely in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is associated with poor health outcomes. We compared the performance of four frailty instruments, including a pragmatic alternative measure using chair sit‐to‐stand (STS), and evaluated their abilities to predict poor health outcomes.
Kylie E. Riggles, Hannah F. Brubeck, Adrienne D. Tanus, Courtney N. Loecker, Punyasha Roul, Bryant R. England, Elizabeth R. Wahl, James S. Andrews, Namrata Singh, Joshua F. Baker, Patricia P. Katz, Dolores M. Shoback, Jose M. Garcia, Ariela R. Orkaby, Katherine D. Wysham   +14 more
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