Osteoporotic fractures - the biological perspective

Injury. 2016 Jan:47 Suppl 1:S1-2. doi: 10.1016/S0020-1383(16)30001-8.

Authors

Volker Alt¹, Theodore Miclau²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Giessen University Hospital Giessen-Marburg, Campus Giessen, Rudolf-Buchheim-Str. 7, 35385 Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: volker.alt@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de.
² Orthopaedic Trauma Institute, UCSF, San Francisco General Hospital, 2550 23rd Street, Building 9, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.

PMID: 26768281
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(16)30001-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cost of Illness
Hip Fractures / epidemiology
Hip Fractures / surgery
Humans
Osteoporosis / complications
Osteoporosis / epidemiology
Osteoporotic Fractures* / epidemiology
Osteoporotic Fractures* / surgery
Spinal Fractures / epidemiology
Spinal Fractures / surgery
United States / epidemiology