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Does osteoporosis increase complication risk in surgical fracture treatment? : a protocol combining new endpoints for two prospective multicentre open cohort studies

Goldhahn, Sabine and Kralinger, Franz and Rikli, Daniel and Marent, Marta and Goldhahn, Jörg. (2010) Does osteoporosis increase complication risk in surgical fracture treatment? : a protocol combining new endpoints for two prospective multicentre open cohort studies. BMC musculoskeletal disorders, Vol. 11. p. 256.

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Abstract

With an ever-increasing elderly population, orthopaedic surgeons are faced with treating a high number of fragility fractures. Biomechanical tests have demonstrated the potential role of osteoporosis in the increased risk of fracture fixation complications, yet this has not been sufficiently proven in clinical practice. Based on this knowledge, two clinical studies were designed to investigate the influence of local bone quality on the occurrence of complications in elderly patients with distal radius and proximal humerus fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Bewegungsapparat und Integument > Traumatologie / Orthopädie (Jakob)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Operative Fächer (Klinik) > Bewegungsapparat und Integument > Traumatologie / Orthopädie (Jakob)
UniBasel Contributors:Rikli, Daniel
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:BioMed Central
ISSN:1471-2474
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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