TY - JOUR
PY - 2017//
TI - How can we influence the incidence of secondary fragility fractures? A review on current approaches
JO - Injury
A1 - Pape, H-c
A1 - Bischoff-Ferrari, H. A.
SP - S24
EP - S26
VL - 48
IS - Suppl 7
N2 - With the increasing number of elderly patients presenting with fragility fractures, their care has become a focus among trauma and orthopaedic surgeons. Protocols are ever evolving to improve the clinical pathways and treatment modalities targeting a more efficient and patient centred service. In this article, current approaches and their potential to reduce mortality and re-fracture in these patients are discussed.
Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 0020-1383 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2017.08.034 ID - ref1 ER -