ArticleHSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery2013
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin d levels in operative patella fractures.
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- Predicting Complications Following Patella Fracture Repair Using the 5-Item Modified Frailty Index.The Iowa orthopaedic journal · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency and Deficiency in Young, Female Patients With Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Complaints.Sports health · 2021Article
- Vitamin D deficiency in adult fracture patients: prevalence and risk factors.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatella fractures have not traditionally been considered "fragility" fractures. QUESTIONS/PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the demographic patterns (age and gender distribution) and plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels of a cohort of patients with operative patella fractures. PATIENTS AND
methodsMedical records were reviewed on all consecutive patients presenting to our institution with operative patella fractures from 2003 to 2009. Seventy-eight operative patella fractures (25 male, 53 female) were identified with a mean age of 58 years (range, 22-89 years).
resultsThe majority of patients with patella fractures in this series were females over the age of 50 years who sustained low-energy falls from a standing height or less. Twenty-four patients (80%) had vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency at the time of injury. For 68 patients (87%), the patella fracture represented their first fracture. Patients with known osteoporosis risk factors did not have higher rates of vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency.
conclusionsThe age and gender distribution, as well as the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency, of operative patella fractures, suggest that these patients likely have abnormal vitamin D levels and should undergo a metabolic bone work-up.
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