Prophylactic Fixation Can Be Cost-effective in Preventing a Contralateral Bisphosphonate-associated Femur Fracture

BACKGROUND: Bisphosphonates reduce the risk of fractures associated with osteoporosis but increase the risk of atypical subtrochanteric femur fractures. After unilateral atypical femur fracture, there is risk of contralateral fracture, but the indications for prophylactic fixation are controversial....

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Publicado en:Clin Orthop Relat Res
Autores principales: Jiang, Sam Y., Kaufman, David J., Chien, Bonnie Y., Longoria, Michael, Shachter, Ross, Bishop, Julius A.
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Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6382193/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30394950
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CORR.0000000000000545
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