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Orthopaedic surgeons’ ability to detect pathologic hip fractures: review of 1484 fractures reported to the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2023
Background The proximal femur is the most common location of metastases in the appendicular skeleton. Data on pathologic hip fractures, however, are sparse despite it is the most frequently operated pathologic fracture.
Anders Sund   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A narrative review of the moderating effects and repercussion of exercise intervention on osteoporosis: ingenious involvement of gut microbiota and its metabolites

open access: yesJournal of Translational Medicine, 2022
Osteoporosis (OP) is a systemic bone disease characterized by the decreased bone mass and destruction of bone microstructure, which tends to result in the enhanced bone fragility and related fractures, as well as high disability rate and mortality ...
Yuan-Wei Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral versus intravenous tranexamic acid in elderly patients with intertrochanteric fracture undergoing proximal femur intramedullary nailing: A prospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Orthopaedic Translation, 2022
Objective: To investigate and compare the efficacy and safety of intravenous and oral application of tranexamic acid (TXA) in geriatric patients undergoing intertrochanteric fracture surgeries.
Ru-Ya Li   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of orthopaedic surgeons’ assessment of cognitive function in patients with acute hip fracture

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2019
Background About one fourth of patients with hip fracture have cognitive impairment. These patients are at higher risk of surgical and medical complications and are often excluded from participating in clinical research.
Målfrid Holen Kristoffersen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Subsequent ipsi- and contralateral femoral fractures after intramedullary nailing of a trochanteric or subtrochanteric fracture: a cohort study on 2012 patients

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2022
Background The literature is inconclusive as to whether an intramedullary nail changes the distribution of a subsequent ipsi- or contralateral fracture of the femur. We have compared the incidence, localisation, and fracture pattern of subsequent femoral
Kirsten Marie Larsen Grønhaug   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trajectories of depressive symptoms after hip fracture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: Hip fracture is often complicated by depressive symptoms in older adults. We sought to characterize trajectories of depressive symptoms arising after hip fracture and examine their relationship with functional outcomes and walking ability. We
Avidan, M. S   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Hip fracture treatment in Norway: Deviation from evidence-based treatment guidelines: data from the Norwegian Hip Fracture Register, 2014 to 2018

open access: yesBone & Joint Open, 2020
Aims: The aim of this study was to describe variation in hip fracture treatment in Norway expressed as adherence to international and national evidence-based treatment guidelines, to study factors influencing deviation from guidelines, and to analyze ...
Cato Kjærvik   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comorbidities only account for a small proportion of excess mortality after fracture: A record linkage study of individual fracture types [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Non-hip non-vertebral fractures (NHNV) constitute the majority of osteoporotic fractures but few studies have examined the association between these fractures, co-morbidity and mortality.
Bliuc, Dana   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

Muscle density is an independent risk factor of second hip fracture: a prospective cohort study

open access: yesJournal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip. Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given.
Ling Wang   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Contralateral hip fractures and other osteoporosis-related fractures in hip fracture patients: Incidence and risk factors. An observational cohort study of 1,229 patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Purpose: To report risk factors, 1-year and overall risk for a contralateral hip and other osteoporosis-related fractures in a hip fracture population. Methods: An observational study on 1,229 consecutive patients of 50 years and older, who sustained a ...
Anne J. H. Vochteloo   +43 more
core   +4 more sources

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