Post-fracture care program in Egypt: merging subsequent fracture prevention and improving patients’ outcomes—an initiative by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Post-fracture care program in Egypt: merging subsequent fracture prevention and improving patients’ outcomes—an initiative by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health

Abstract Background Despite the associated high prevalence of morbidity and mortality, osteoporotic fragility fractures remain underdiagnosed and undertreated. Furthermore, those who sustain a fragility fracture are at imminent risk of sustaining subsequent fractures. Post-fracture care (PFC) progra...

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Main Authors: Yasser El Miedany, Mona M. Hasab El Naby, Mohammed Hassan Abu-Zaid, Safaa Mahran, Mervat Eissa, Heba Gamal Saber, Samar Abdalhamed Tabra, Rehab Ali Ibrahim, Salwa Galal, Walaa Elwakil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-02-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
PFC
Post-fracture care program
Osteoporosis
Sarcopenia
Falls
FRAX
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00173-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-023-00173-1

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