Open AccessBone mineral density in fracture neck of femur patients: What's the significance?
Author(s) -
Hussam Elamin Ahmed,
Oday AlDadah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v13.i2.160
Subject(s) - medicine , frax , femoral neck , bone mineral , femur , osteoporosis , hip fracture , dentistry , surgery , osteoporotic fracture
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines have advised further research is required into investigating the added prognostic value of bone mineral density (BMD) in the assessment of fracture risk with the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) score.