Fragility Vertebral Compression Fractures in Postmenopausal Women: The Role of a Fracture Liaison Service Program.

Background: As the aging population increases in the United States, so has the prevalence of osteoporosis (10.2 million adults aged 50 years and older in 2010). Programs to manage the increased incidence of fragility fractures in such patients particularly the postmenopausal women are the priority.

Does a fracture liaison service program minimize recurrent fragility fractures in the elderly with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures?

Background: There is a sizable proportion of elderly, both men and women, with fragility fractures, approximately 2 million fractures per year in the United States.

Methods: A retrospective chart review of 365 patient presented between January 2012 and December 2017 with vertebral compression fractures. Pre-post study design to determine refracture between Group A (before Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)) and Group B, after.