This is a reply to the letter to the editor regarding the article "Anti-osteoporotic treatment after hip fracture remains alarmingly low" Dan Med J 2022;69(10):A01220010.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures typically affect postmenopausal women, and osteoporotic fractures significantly increase disability, morbidity and mortality. Several anti-osteoporotic agents are available and have been shown to effectively reduce the incidence of low-energy osteoporotic fractures. However, the post-osteoporotic fracture treatment rate remains low.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: We wanted to investigate whether the prevalence of mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) I, II, and VI was higher than expected in a selected cohort of patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). CTS is a common finding in patients with MPS, and therefore we screened patients who had undergone surgery for CTS for undiagnosed MPS.
Patients And Methods: Patients who had been operated for CTS were found in databases from two hospitals.