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  • The study analyzed 406 patients with osteoporotic fractures (OF) in the emergency room, classifying them by fracture site (wrist, spine, hip) and type (primary or secondary).
  • The mean age of patients increased with the severity of the fracture site, showing wrist fractures in younger patients and hip fractures in older patients, with corresponding increases in the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) scores.
  • The findings suggest that as patients age, they are more prone to specific types of fractures, and those with secondary fractures often experience them at the same site as previous injuries.

Article Abstract

Background: To investigate the characteristics of patients with osteoporotic fractures (OF) who visited the emergency room, we analyzed the frequency and distribution of primary and secondary OF.

Methods: From March 2015 to April 2017, 406 patients with OF were assigned to wrist (W; n=132), spine (S; n=78), and hip (H; n=196) according to the site. All subjects were classified as having primary fracture or secondary fracture. Age, fracture site, the risk of future fracture using Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) were compared.

Results: The mean age at fracture site was significantly different among the 3 groups, groups W (66.57±10.03), S (73.50±9.07), and H (78.50±7.72). The most common site of OF were in the order of wrist, spine, and hip with the increase of age. The FRAX scores significantly increased (<0.001) in the order of W (8.35±5.67), S (10.74±6.99), and H (13.88±7.98) in total patient, and same in primary fracture group (W, 7.50±4.18; S, 9.76±5.91; H, 11.93±6.61; <0.001). The main site of prior fractures in secondary fracture was same lesion, which means that the prior fracture of secondary wrist fracture was wrist fracture such as spine for spine, hip for hip.

Conclusions: We determined that as age increasing, the major sites of OF were different and FRAX scores increased. The most common site for secondary fracture was the same one. Hence, the risk of subsequent fracture in same site should be noted after patient suffered OF.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6901694PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.11005/jbm.2019.26.4.263DOI Listing

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