Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hip fractures include fractures of the head, neck, intertrochanteric, and subtrochanteric regions. Head ...

Partnering with an expert to treat patients with a fracture It is essential for healthcare professionals to collaborate with other experts from all specialty areas. Partnership is imperative, ...

Background: Up to 30% of patients suffer from long-term functional restrictions following conservative treatment of distal radius fractures. Whether duration of cast immobilisation influences ...

In the case of a hip fracture, operating on a patient with dementia can be a difficult decision to make. Indeed, surgery exposes patients with dementia to a higher mortality rate, more delirium and ...

NOTE. History of chronic kidney disease on the basis of diagnosis codes from inpatient and outpatient claims in the year prior to bladder cancer diagnosis. History of fracture on the basis of ...

Identifying patients with osteoporosis or low bone mineral density and high risk for osteoporotic fractures is possible in administrative data using osteoporosis diagnoses and fracture risk profile.