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. Reading the literature, these fractures have several synonyms and can be described as insufficiency fractures, fragility fractures, osteoporotic fractures or stress fractures. What they all have in common are fractures caused by low-energy trauma or no
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fragility fractures, has recently been highlighted. 37 Non-operative treatment of PPFs has been associated with poor outcomes (nonunions, malunions, medical complications) 38 except probably in cases of a critically ill patient unable to undergo
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not recommended before surgery. If used should stop 24 h before surgery 3. Intermittent pneumatic compression devices Blue Book on Fragility Fracture Care, British Orthopaedic Association (BOA) 6 2007 Controversy over thromboprophylaxis
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input should also be employed. The need to establish specific clinical pathways for fragility fractures, similar to those for other common fracture types, has recently become apparent ( 21 ). Given the increasing need for decision-making algorithms or
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, a 2.5 times increased risk of non-hip-fragility fractures also exists. 55 , 56 Prevention of subsequent factures is mandatory and may be achieved by pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. 54 , 55 There is support for routine
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neck fixation when treating femoral diaphyseal fragility fractures, even though the treatment of peri-implant femoral neck fractures may be particularly challenging. Unanimous agreement was reached about retaining cephalo-medullary implants after
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Osteosynthesefragen (AO) classification. 6 OVF are associated with a greater impact on health-related quality of life than other fragility fractures. 4 Standard therapy of these fractures consists of rest, analgesia and mobilisation, and is often poorly
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Introduction Fractures of the olecranon account for about 10% of upper extremity fractures, 1 , 2 with the majority occurring in elderly patients. 1 , 3 Usually these fractures are displaced (Mayo type II and III), 4 due to
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that, by the time of admission in the emergency room, has not caused hemodynamic instability. This concept, however, needs qualification for both the hemodynamics and the pelvic fracture. On the one hand, all patients presenting with hemorrhagic shock
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Introduction Complex epiphyseal knee fractures are rare. In contrast to the high incidence of femoral neck and proximal humerus fractures, epiphyseal knee fractures account only for up to 1% of annual emergency admissions. Furthermore, the sub