ArticleGeriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation2015
A Guide to Improving the Care of Patients with Fragility Fractures, Edition 2.
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70 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Intramedullary fixation versus arthroplasty in the treatment of geriatric trochanteric fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of a fracture liaison service for patients with femoral fractures on subsequent fractures and mortality: focusing on systematic literature review and metaanalysis.Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Pooled it
- Intelligent Rehabilitation Assistance Tools for Distal Radius Fracture: A Systematic Review Based on Literatures and Mobile Application Stores.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Effect of Lifestyle Modification Through Web-Based Telerehabilitation Monitoring Combined With Supervised Sensorimotor Training After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Application of a preoperative pain management mode based on instant messaging software in elderly hip fracture patients: a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2023Trial
- The Multidimensional Impact of Traditional Orthopaedic Casting and the Role of Emerging Immobilization Technologies: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Clinical practice guideline recommendations for orthopedic surgical management of traumatic hip fractures: a systematic review.Journal of trauma and injury · 2026Article
- Effects of socioeconomic status on functional status and health-related quality of life in hip fracture patients.Archives of osteoporosis · 2026Article
- Orthogeriatric Fracture Syndrome: A Large-Scale Bibliometric Analysis of a Proposed Concept for Cross-Disciplinary Awareness and Coordinated Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Deprivation indices and their association with fragility fractures and bone density: evidence from a large observational cohort.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Observational
- Investigating the association between urban rural classification with fragility fractures and bone density in the UK: evidence from a large observational clinical cohort.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2026Article
- Impact of prior fragility fracture on patient's mortality, outcomes, and complications after hip fracture surgery.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Finite element analysis of the modified intramedullary nail-II for managing reverse obliquity trochanteric fractures.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Bone Health, Fragility Fractures, and the Hand Surgeon.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2025Review
- Epidemiology of osteoporotic ankle fractures in South Korea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study (2006-2022).Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025Article
- Digital X-ray Tomography in the Clinical Diagnosis of Suspected Neck of Femur Fractures.Cureus · 2025Article
- Correlations between capability face pressure, job crafting, and burnout among orthopedic nurses.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Analgesic regimens administered to older adults receiving skilled nursing facility care following hip fracture: a proof-of-concept federated analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Effect of bupivacaine concentration on ultrasound-guided pericapsular group nerve block efficacy in hip surgery patients: comparative, randomized, double-blinded clinical trial.British journal of pain · 2024Article
- Early Hip Fracture Surgery in Patients Taking Direct Oral Anticoagulants Improves Outcome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Over the past 4 decades, much has been learned about the pathophysiology and treatment of osteoporosis, the prevention of fragility fractures, and the perioperative management of patients who have these debilitating injuries. However, the volume of published literature on this topic is staggering and far too voluminous for any clinician to review and synthesize by him or herself. This manuscript thoroughly summarizes the latest research on fragility fractures and provides the reader with valuable strategies to optimize the prevention and management of these devastating injuries. The information contained in this article will prove invaluable to any health care provider or health system administrator who is involved in the prevention and management of fragility hip fractures. As providers begin to gain a better understanding of the principles espoused in this article, it is our hope that they will be able to use this information to optimize the care they provide for elderly patients who are at risk of or who have osteoporotic fractures.
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