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ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation): Perceptions in the Assessment and Treatment of Pubic Rami and Sacral Fragility Fractures Amongst Healthcare Professionals in Geriatric Medicine and Surgery—A Qualitative Study

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2021
Background: Pubic rami fragility fractures are common in older people and result in significant morbidity and increased mortality. Co-existing fractures of the sacrum are common, but routinely missed.
Opinder Sahota, Paul Leighton, Maribel Cameron, Rachael Taylor, Terence Ong, Avril Drummond, Paul Hendrick, Nasir Quraishi, Khalid Salem,   +9 more
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Internal fixation for fragility fracture of pelvis in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

Trauma Case Reports, 2022
Ankylosing spondylitis is a common inflammatory rheumatic disease with a prevalence of 0.1 %–1.4 %. The most common vertebral fractures associated with ankylosing spondylitis are cervical spine injuries due to low-energy trauma, whereas pelvic fractures ...
Hisanori Gamada, Yohei Yanagisawa, Yusuke Eda, Shotaro Teruya, Masashi Yamazaki   +4 more
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Do patients perceive a link between a fragility fracture and osteoporosis?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2008
Background To evaluate factors associated with whether patients associate their fracture with future fracture risk. Methods Fragility fracture patients participated in a telephone interview.
Thabane Lehana, Papaioannou Alexandra, Giangregorio Lora, deBeer Justin, Cranney Ann, Dolovich Lisa, Adili Anthony, Adachi Jonathan D   +7 more
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Post-fracture care program in Egypt: merging subsequent fracture prevention and improving patients’ outcomes—an initiative by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Despite the associated high prevalence of morbidity and mortality, osteoporotic fragility fractures remain underdiagnosed and undertreated.
Yasser El Miedany, Mona M. Hasab El Naby, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Safaa Mahran, Mervat Eissa, Heba Gamal Saber, Samar Abdalhamed Tabra, Rehab Ali Ibrahim, Salwa Galal, Walaa Elwakil   +9 more
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The osteoporosis care gap in Canada

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2004
Background The presence of a fragility fracture is a major risk factor for osteoporosis, and should be an indicator for osteoporosis diagnosis and therapy.
Boulos P, Kvern B, Giangregorio L, Papaioannou A, Ioannidis G, Adachi JD   +5 more
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Full-endoscopic decompression for fifth lumbar radiculopathy due to a fragility sacral fracture associated with far-lateral L5/S1 disc herniation: A technical note

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2021
The prevalence of fragility sacral fractures has been increasing with the rise in the number of osteoporotic patients and the development of diagnostic imaging.
Hiroya Shimauchi-Ohtaki, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Ryo Kanematsu, Kazuhiro Miyasaka, Manabu Minami, Naochika Sakaguchi, Fumiaki Honda, Junya Hanakita   +7 more
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Systemic immune-inflammatory index predicts fragility fracture risk in postmenopausal anemic females with type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence from a longitudinal cohort study

BMC Endocrine Disorders
Background Chronic low-grade inflammation is related to bone metabolism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, credible data indicating the relationship between inflammation and fragility fracture risk in postmenopausal anemic females
Dinggui Huang, Qi He, Jiangmei Pan, Zhenwei Zhai, Jingxia Sun, Qiu Wang, Wenxin Chu, Jianhao Huang, Jinming Yu, Xiaoqin Qiu, Wensheng Lu   +10 more
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Very high frequency of fragility fractures associated with high-dose glucocorticoids in postmenopausal women: A retrospective study

Bone Reports, 2017
Purpose To evaluate the incidence of fragility fractures associated with high-dose glucocorticoid therapy in patients with systemic rheumatic disease.
Goichi Kageyama, Takaichi Okano, Yuzuru Yamamoto, Keisuke Nishimura, Daisuke Sugiyama, Jun Saegusa, Goh Tsuji, Shunichi Kumagai, Akio Morinobu   +8 more
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Age-dependent gender differences in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis during hospitalization in patients with fragility fractures

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background There is a gender difference in the acceptance of osteoporosis diagnosis and treatment in patients after fragility fractures, but this difference is rarely assessed during hospitalization, and it is unclear whether these differences are age ...
Qingmei Li, Jiancheng Yang, Qinghua Tang, Yan Feng, Mingming Pan, Maohong Che, Jie Shi, Yuhong Zeng   +7 more
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Atraumatic isolated bilateral fibular shaft fragility fracture: A rare case [PDF]

Scripta Medica, 2023
Fragility fractures, a form of stress fracture brought on by physiological stress on weak bones are not common. It might be challenging to diagnose a fragility fracture, since a standard X-ray shows signs of fracture repair rather than the actual ...
Kalluraya Suryakanth, Hosangadi Adiveppa, Munavalli Prabhu, Kumar Akash   +3 more
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