Open Access10-Year Probability of Recurrent Fractures Following Wrist and Other Osteoporotic Fractures in a Large Clinical Cohort
Author(s) -
Anthony B. Hodsman,
William D. Leslie,
James F. Tsang,
Greg Gamble
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.20.2261
Subject(s) - medicine , wrist , osteoporosis , hazard ratio , bone mineral , confidence interval , cohort , hip fracture , cohort study , humerus , physical therapy , surgery
Wrist fractures are the most prevalent type of fracture occurring in postmenopausal women. We sought to contrast the probability of recurrent osteoporotic fractures after a primary wrist fracture with other important primary fracture sites.