VERTEBRAL AND PERIPHERAL FRACTURES: DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS AND MEDICO-SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE

VERTEBRAL AND PERIPHERAL FRACTURES: DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS AND MEDICO-SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE

Medico-social significance of osteoporosis is determined by the high frequency of low-traumatic fractures of bone. According to the European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study the prevalence of vertebral fractures was 11,5% in women of 50-54 years of age and reached 34.8% in women of 75-79. The only prosp...

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Main Authors: E. G. Zotkin, O. G. Khurtsilava, I. I. Zubkova, Yu. A. Safonova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics 2016-11-01
Series:Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii
Subjects:
vertebral osteoporotic fractures
Online Access:https://journal.rniito.org/jour/article/view/544

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