Association of atypical femoral fractures with bisphosphonate use by patients with varus hip geometry

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - American Volume

Volumn 96, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 1905-1909

  Hagen, Jennifer E ^a   Miller, Anna N ^b   Ott, Susan M ^c   Gardner, Michael ^d   Morshed, Saam ^e   Jeray, Kyle ^f   Alton, Timothy B ^c   Ren, Dennis ^g   Abblitt, W Parker ^h   Krieg, James C ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Steadman Hawkins Clinic of the Carolinas   (United States)

^g TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL FEMORAL FRACTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STRESS FRACTURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VARUS PROXIMAL FEMORAL GEOMETRY; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPLICATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84911384704     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00075     Document Type: Article

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