RESULTS: In the femoral neck 42% of the patients had osteopenia (-2.5 SD < BMD T score < -1 SD) and another 41% had osteoporosis (BMD T score < -2.5). In the spine 34% of the patients had ...
However, a review of the individual scores revealed osteopenia in 6 patients at the distal radius; bone loss occurred in several women at the spine and the femoral neck, but not sufficiently to ...
With intraoperative femur fractures on the rise, surgeons should aim to prevent these fractures from occurring by identifying ...