Bone mineral density in fracture neck of femur patients: What's the significance?

Hussam Elamin Ahmed, Oday Al-Dadah

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Hussam Elamin AhmedDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Tyneside NE34 0PL, United Kingdom. hussam.elamin-ahmed@nhs.net.

Oday Al-DadahDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, South Tyneside District Hospital, Harton Lane, South Tyneside NE34 0PL, United Kingdom.

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backgroundThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines have advised further research is required into investigating the added prognostic value of bone mineral density (BMD) in the assessment of fracture risk with the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) score.

aimTo investigate the significance of BMD in fracture neck of femur patients and compare it to the outcome of the FRAX score.

methodsInclusion criteria for this study were all patients who underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan following fracture neck of femur between 2015 and 2017. Analysis of BMD, FRAX scores and patient demographic data was undertaken.

resultsA total of 69 patients were included in the study, mean age 74.1 years. There was no significant difference between mean BMD of the femoral neck in males (0.65) as compared to females (0.61) (

conclusionThis study demonstrated that BMD of the femoral neck measured by DXA scan is of added prognostic value when assessing patients for risk of fracture neck of femur in combination with the FRAX predictive scoring system.

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Bone mineral densityFracture neck of femurFracture Risk Assessment Tool scoreFragility fractureOsteoporosis

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PMID35317402

DOI10.5312/wjo.v13.i2.160

PMCPMC8891661

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