The orthopaedic treatment of fragility fractures

Clinical Cases in Mineral and Bone Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-116

  Pietri, Mirco ^a,c   Lucarini, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Fracture; Orthopaedic treatment; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; PHENYTOIN; THYROXINE;

BONE DENSITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INCIDENCE; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SPINE; SURGEON;

EID: 35348964142     PISSN: 17248914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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