Fragility fracture systems, Latin America perspective

Abstract. Osteoporosis is a worldwide epidemic, affecting an average of 30% to 50% of those over 50 years of age in Latin America. Resulting from it is another epidemic, that of fragility fractures, which adversely affects morbidity and mortality of this population. Increasing in their incidence, fr...

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Main Authors: Luis G. Padilla Rojas, MD, Roberto E. López Cervantes, MD, Leonardo López Almejo, MD, Cesar A. Pesciallo, MD, Germán Garabano, MD, Fernando Bidolegui, MD, Vincenzo Giordano, MD, William Dias Belangero, MD, José Octavio Soares Hungria, MD, Miguel Alvaro Triana Q, MD, Amparo Gómez, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2022-06-01
Series:OTA International
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/OI9.0000000000000178