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OSTEOMALACIA IN THE ELDERLY
Author(s) -
Rush Jonathan H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb04265.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomalacia , incidence (geometry) , femur , pediatrics , elderly people , surgery , osteoporosis , gerontology , physics , optics
Over recent years it has been demonstrated that there is a significant incidence of osteomalacia in elderly patients presenting with fractures of the femoral neck. The results of a survey carried out on all patients admitted to St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, with fractures of the upper end of the femur over a 12‐month period are presented, and the condition of osteomalacia in the elderly is discussed. It is concluded that in this community osteomalacia does not present as a practical problem except in those patients who have the condition as a result of a definite predisposing factor.