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Assessment of Bone Fracture Healing Using Micro-Computed Tomography
Published on: December 9, 2022
Assessment of fracture risk
1Division of Endocrinology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1400 NW 10th Avenue, Dominion Towers, Suite 809, Miami, FL 33136, USA. sbaim@med.miami.edu
Abstract:
Osteoporosis-related fractures are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure worldwide. The low sensitivity of bone density testing alone to predict fractures has led to the development of a variety of fracture assessment tools that use the combination of bone density and clinical risk factors to improve the prediction of low-trauma fractures. These fracture assessment tools quantitatively predict the 10-year probability of hip and major osteoporosis-related fractures, and can be used with various intervention strategies to effectively intervene with cost-effective therapies to prevent future fractures.
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