[Do All Very Old Patients Benefit from Osteoporosis Drug Treatment?].

Osteoanabolic osteoporosis drugs have become better available. The osteoanabolic therapeutic principle has a stronger, faster-onset fracture-reducing effect than the antiresorptive preparations. It has also been newly recognized that the significance of a first fragility fracture as a risk factor is time-dependent: the less time that has elapsed since the first fracture, the higher the resulting re-fracture risk.

Technical comment on: Ferrari S, et al. 2020 recommendations for osteoporosis treatment according to fracture risk from the Swiss Association against Osteoporosis (SVGO).

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How can the orthopedic surgeon ensure optimal vitamin D status in patients operated for an osteoporotic fracture?

In this narrative review, the role of vitamin D deficiency in the pathophysiology, healing of fragility fractures, and rehabilitation is discussed. Vitamin D status can be assessed by measuring serum 25(OH)-vitamin D level with standardized assays. There is a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency (25(OH)D < 50 nmol/l (i.

Scope and Limits of Teriparatide Use in Delayed and Nonunions: A Case Series.

Nonunion is known to occur in up to 10% of all bone fractures. Until recently, the treatment options considered in cases of delayed union and nonunion focused on revision surgery and improvement of local healing. Lately, teriparatide has been introduced as an osteoanabolic factor that induces fracture healing in cases with delayed or nonunions.