Next Steps: Advocating for Women in Orthopaedic Surgery.

Orthopaedic surgery is the least diverse of all medical specialties, by both sex and race. Diversity among orthopaedic trainees is the lowest in medicine, and growth in percentage representation is the lowest of all surgical subspecialties. Women comprise only 6% of orthopaedic surgeons and 16% of orthopaedic surgery trainees.

Androgen deprivation in veterans with prostate cancer: implications for skeletal health.

Background: Common risk factors for osteoporosis in older men include smoking, heavy use of alcohol, propensity to falls, and use of bone-toxic medications such as prednisone. There is also increasing appreciation of the skeletal risk faced by men receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer. Measures to prevent bone loss in such patients are available.

Outcomes and secondary prevention strategies for male hip fractures.

Objective: To assess clinical outcomes and determine whether osteoporosis assessment and secondary prevention strategies were performed for male veterans hospitalized for hip fractures.

Design: Retrospective chart review for male veterans hospitalized for hip fracture from January 1993 through July 1999.

Setting: The Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Madison, WI.