Orthopedics

Researchers from Seoul National University Discuss Findings in Orthopedics

Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 16th, 2011

2011 JUN 16 -- According to a study from Songnam, South Korea, "Prolonged use of bisphosphonates in patients with osteoporosis reportedly induces femoral insufficiency fractures. However, the natural course of these fractures and how to treat them remain unknown."

"Questions/purposes We determined the rates of fracture displacement and subsequent operations of undisplaced insufficiency fractures of the femur in patients treated with prolonged bisphosphonate therapy. We retrospectively collected and reviewed the clinical course of 11 patients (14 fractures) who had been diagnosed as having an insufficiency fracture of the femur after prolonged use (mean, 4.5...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2011-06-16)

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