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Published on: August 14, 2018
Does a fracture liaison service program minimize recurrent fragility fractures in the elderly with osteoporotic
Tarik Wasfie1, Avery Jackson2, Caramarie Brock2
1Genesys Regional Medical Center, Genesys Trauma Services, Grand Blanc, MI, USA.
Background:
There is a sizable proportion of elderly, both men and women, with fragility fractures, approximately 2 million fractures per year in the United States.
Methods:
A retrospective chart review of 365 patient presented between January 2012 and December 2017 with vertebral compression fractures. Pre-post study design to determine refracture between Group A (before Fracture Liaison Service (FLS)) and Group B, after. Calcium, Vitamin D, DEXA scans, FRAX scores, and refracture rates were measured.
Results:
Mean age for group A and B were 79.0 and 74.9 years, respectively, and predominantly females. Serum calcium was higher in group B (9.51 mg/d/L versus 9.40 mg/dL) but not significant (p = 0.19). Fracture score among the groups was similar (20% versus 22%; p = 0.44). The total refracture rate for both vertebral and other fracture was significantly less in the post FLS patients, 36.5% versus 56% p-value = 0.01.
Conclusion:
FLS program benefited patients with fragility fractures by decreasing the incidence of all refracture rates.
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