With musculoskeletal conditions now identified as the second highest cause of the morbidity-
related global burden of disease, models of care for the prevention and management of …

Objective: A well-recognized gap exists between evidence-based recommendations for post-
fracture care and actual clinical practice, demonstrated by the high percentage of fragility …

We determined the incidence of second hip fracture and evaluated whether compliant and
persistent users of bisphosphonate had a lower incidence of second hip fracture after prior …

Study Design. Retrospective cohort study of the Own the Bone database which is a fracture
liaison service designed to improve recognition and treatment of osteoporosis. Objective. To …

Osteoporosis has been recognised as a public health concern for at least three decades but
it has been relatively recent that the push has been for orthopaedic surgeons to take a more …

Emile Letournel's original text on acetabular fractures was published in 1964. He listed one
of the contraindications to acetabular fracture surgery as age older than 60 years. 1 …

Introduction Secondary fracture prevention is an essential part of hip fracture treatment.
Despite this, many patients are discharged without the appropriate anti-osteoporotic …

Hypothesis and background Proximal humeral fractures comprise 10% of fractures in the
Medicare population. The effect, if any, of treating osteoporosis to prevent these fractures …

An Italian multidisciplinary working group discussed the current Italian scenario of
osteoporosis management during a meeting and highlighted the essential role of calcium …

Abstract Purpose of Review The aims of this review are to summarize current performance
for osteoporosis quality measures used by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) for …