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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2021

Fragility Fractures: Risk Factors and Management in the Elderly.

Filippo Migliorini, Riccardo Giorgino, Frank Hildebrand, Filippo Spiezia, Giuseppe Maria Peretti, Mario Alessandri-Bonetti, Jörg Eschweiler, Nicola Maffulli

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 21 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
164citing papers in PubMed, 21 pooled it
27.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

164 citing papers in PubMed, 21 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 224 citations in OpenAlex.

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104 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Filippo MiglioriniDepartment of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7220-1221
Riccardo GiorginoResidency Program in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Frank HildebrandDepartment of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Filippo SpieziaDepartment of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Ospedale San Carlo Potenza, Via Potito Petrone, 85100 Potenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3710-7982
Giuseppe Maria PerettiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9341-7187
Mario Alessandri-BonettiPlastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5506-8323
Jörg EschweilerDepartment of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
Nicola MaffulliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5327-3702
RWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity of Milan · ITOspedale San Carlo · ITUniversity of Salerno · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the progressive ageing of Western populations, the fragility fractures market has a growing socioeconomic impact. Fragility fractures are common in the elderly, negatively impacting their quality of life, limiting autonomy, increasing disability, and decreasing life expectancy. Different causes contribute to the development of a fractures in frail individuals. Among all, targeting fragile patients before the development of a fracture may represent the greatest challenge, and current diagnostic tools suffer from limitations. This study summarizes the current evidence on the management of fragility fractures, discussing risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and actual limitations of the clinical therapeutic options, putting forward new ideas for further scientific investigation.

Indexed as

Osteoporotic FracturesQuality of LifeAgedHumansRisk Factorsfracturesfragilityosteoporosis

Identifiers

PMID34684156
PMCPMC8538459
OpenAlexW3205411148

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