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Association between body mass index and fragility fracture in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study using Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008–2009 (KNHANES IV)

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background The present study examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and the risk for fragility fractures in postmenopausal Korean women.
Jihan Kim, Sami Lee, Sung Soo Kim, Jong-Pyo Lee, Jong Sung Kim, Jin Gyu Jung, Seok Jun Yoon, Kyu Pil Kim, Chan-Keol Park, Yong-Hwan Kim   +9 more
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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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Challenges and strategies in management of osteoporosis and fragility fracture care during COVID-19 pandemic

Journal of Orthopaedics, 2020
Background COVID-19 has resulted in restriction of face to face consultations and mechanisms to access health care. Osteoporosis and fragility fractures forms a significant proportion of adult trauma and orthopaedic workload even during the pandemic ...
G. Upadhyaya, K. Iyengar, V. Jain, Raju Vaishya   +3 more
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Geriatric nutritional risk index as a predictor for fragility fracture risk in elderly with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A 9-year ambispective longitudinal cohort study.

Clinical Nutrition
BACKGROUND & AIMS The elderly are prone to fragility fractures, especially those suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) combined with osteoporosis.
Jiangmei Pan, Guoling Xu, Zhenwei Zhai, Jingxia Sun, Qiu Wang, Xiuxian Huang, Yanli Guo, Quan Lu, Jianming Mo, Yuechou Nong, Jianhao Huang, Wensheng Lu   +11 more
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Periprosthetic fractures: the next fragility fracture epidemic? A national observational study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives Periprosthetic fractures have considerable clinical implications for patients and financial implications for healthcare systems. This study aims to determine the burden of periprosthetic fractures of the lower and upper limbs in England and ...
A. Bottle, R. Griffiths, S. White, H. Wynn-Jones, P. Aylin, I. Moppett, E. Chowdhury, H. Wilson, B. Davies   +8 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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Effectiveness of fracture liaison service in reducing the risk of secondary fragility fractures in adults aged 50 and older: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Osteoporosis International
To determine and appraise the certainty of fracture liaison service (FLS) in reducing the risk of secondary fragility fractures in older adults aged ≥ 50 years and to examine the nature of the FLS and the roles of various disciplines involved in the ...
M. Danazumi, Nicol Lightbody, Gordana Dermody   +2 more
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Fragility fracture discriminative ability of radius quantitative ultrasound: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Osteoporosis International, 2020
The fragility fracture discriminative ability of radius quantitative ultrasound (QUS) was evaluated in a systematic review of 13 studies, including 16,681 individuals and 1296 fractures.
Yuan Fu, Changchuan Li, W. Luo, Zhong Chen, Zhiyong Liu, Yue Ding   +5 more
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Breaking the fragility fracture cycle [PDF]

Osteoporosis International, 2011
Fracture begets fracture. This phenomenon has been wellcharacterised in many prospective studies and summarised by meta-analyses [1, 2]; a prior fracture at least doubles a patient’s future fracture risk. Elevated fracture risk persists for up to 10 years after the initial fracture event [3] and is greatest during the first year after this [4]. Several
Cooper, C., Mitchell, P., Kanis, J. A.
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Fragility Fracture Nursing

Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults, 2020
This open access book aims to provide a comprehensive but practical overview of the knowledge required for the assessment and management of the older adult with or at risk of fragility fracture.
K. Hertz, J. Santy-Tomlinson
semanticscholar   +1 more source