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Patient characteristics and surgeon factors influence surgeons' postoperative weight-bearing orders after hip fracture repair

Surgeon Experience Influences Post-Op Mobilization Orders

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Choice of construct, previous experience of construct failure, lack of audit data influence decisions
A new type of plaster cast might help older adults avoid surgery for unstable ankle fractures

New Method May Provide Better Rx for Seniors’ Ankle Fractures

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'Close contact casting' might help many avoid surgery
Seniors with hip fractures may be more likely to die if they're treated in smaller community hospitals than in large teaching hospitals

Outcomes Up for Seniors With Hip Fx in Large Teaching Hospitals

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Mortality rates higher in smaller community hospitals, Canadian study finds
For 83-year-old patients with hip fracture

Orthogeriatric Model of Care Cost-Effective in Elderly With Hip Fx

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Orthogeriatric-led service most effective, cost-effective model of care for men, women aged 83
For postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

ASBMR: Romosozumab Linked to Reduced Fracture Risk

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Reduced vertebral fracture risk at 12 months among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis
Patients with diabetes often have fractures

Sitagliptin Not Linked to Higher Fracture Risk in Diabetes

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Findings from TECOS trial show increased and decreased fracture risk with insulin, metformin
Patients undergoing bariatric surgery have increased risk of fracture

Fracture Risk Up for Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

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Fracture risk site specific, changing from pattern linked to obesity to pattern linked to osteoporosis
For women initiating osteoporosis treatment

Osteoporosis Treatment-Linked Changes in BMD ID Fracture Risk

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Treatment-related increases in total hip bone mineral density linked to reduced fracture risk
The risk of facial fracture varies with age

Facial Fracture Risk Up for Older Women With Facial Injury

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Significantly increased risk for postmenopausal white and Asian women
Dietary calcium intake seems to have a U-shaped correlation with fracture risk in men and possibly in women

U-Shaped Pattern for Dietary Calcium Intake, Fracture Risk

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Pattern of dietary calcium with fracture risk is U-shaped for older men and possibly for older women