Open AccessDo osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures precede hip fractures?
Author(s) -
Mir Sadat-Ali,
Abid Hussain Gullenpet,
Quamar Azam,
Ammar K. Alomran
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v3.i12.235
Subject(s) - medicine , osteoporosis , asymptomatic , radiography , femoral neck , insufficiency fracture , hip fracture , surgery , radiology
To evaluate the relationship between a vertebral fracture and a hip fracture in Saudi Arabians with osteoporosis.