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in that group they should be considered as early fragility fractures and warrant metabolic workup ( 3 ). Complications Although surgical outcomes are widely successful ( 6 , 13 , 36 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 80 , 94
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Introduction Fracture incidence is common, with over one million fractures occurring each year in the United Kingdom alone ( 1 ). However, failure to heal a fracture is rare, with Zura et al. ( 2 ) reporting a non-union rate of just 4.9% in
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Isolated operative fragility hip fracture, ≥65 years 459 19.8% 39.0% Saliba et al . ( 39 ) RCS Operative hip fracture, ≥65 years 3418 7.2% 4.8% Tarrant et al. ( 28 ) RCS Hip fracture, ≥65 years 3264 3
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Introduction The burden of fragility fractures is on the rise due to the rapid increase in the ageing population. 1 – 4 Approximately 1.6 million hip fracture cases are reported worldwide each year and the number is projected to climb to
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oestrogen in maintaining skeletal integrity is evidenced by the fact that osteoporosis is more common in women than in men and that fragility fractures markedly increase after menopause. Albright et al reported in the 1940s that oestrogen administration
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fragility fractures. Their findings support our conclusions, further emphasizing the importance of these drugs in the clinical landscape. Lastly, Hong et al. ( 76 ) conducted a meta-analysis comparing the efficacy of abaloparatide and teriparatide, with
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. These patients are challenging to treat due to their more fragile general condition. Good functional outcomes have been obtained but they are still inferior to those of gliding implants and have a higher revision rate. Outcomes of hinged implants