2008 Evaluation of Patients With a Recent Clinical Fracture and Osteoporosis Medscape

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of contributors to secondary osteoporosis (eg osteomalacia) in patients presenting with a clinical vertebral or non-vertebral fracture. Identifying and correcting these contributors will enhance treatment effect aimed at reducing the risk of subsequent fractures.
We conclude that more than one in two patients presenting with a clinical vertebral or non-vertebral fracture and BMD-osteoporosis have secondary contributors to osteoporosis, most of which were correctable. Identifying and correcting these associated disorders will enhance treatment effect aimed at reducing the risk of subsequent fractures in patients older than 50 years.
Bianca Dumitrescu; Svenjhalmar van Helden; Rene ten Broeke; Arie Nieuwenhuijzen-Kruseman; Caroline Wyers; Gabriela Udrea; Sjef van der Linden; Piet Geusens BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2008