Abstract
Low trauma fractures are the cardinal manifestation of osteoporosis. Their occurrence supersedes bone mineral density in deciding whether specific therapy is warranted. We therefore disagree with the notion that a densitometric threshold for treatment should be applied to patients over age 50 who suffer low trauma distal radius fracture.
MeSH terms
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Bone Density
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Bone Density Conservation Agents / therapeutic use*
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Evidence-Based Medicine / methods
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Humans
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Logic
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Osteoporosis / drug therapy
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Osteoporotic Fractures / physiopathology
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Osteoporotic Fractures / prevention & control*
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Patient Selection
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Radius Fractures / etiology*
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Radius Fractures / physiopathology
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Risk Assessment / methods
Substances
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Bone Density Conservation Agents