Evaluation of FRAX in patients with periprosthetic fractures following primary total hip and knee arthroplasty

Abstract The fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX) is a tool which calculates an individual 10-year fracture risk based on epidemiological data in patients with a risk of osteporosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of FRAX to estimate the risk of postoperative periprosthetic fracture...

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Main Authors: Lukas A. Holzer, Lisa Borotschnig, Gerold Holzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34230-8