Role of Fracture Liaison Service Program in Reducing Refracture Rate in the Elderly Osteoporotic Trauma Patients Presenting With Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Six-Year Study.

Introduction: As the elderly population of the United States and the world increases, so does the incidence of osteoporotic fragility fractures from a fall or minor injury. This results in a large cost to the health care system. This cost is further increased as more than 50% of individuals will have refractures within the first year.

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.