The Efficiency of Antiosteoporosis Medicine after Intertrochanteric Fracture Surgery: A Retrospective Study of Refracture Rate, Function Recovery, Complications, and Mortality in the Chinese Elderly Population

Weidong Zhao; Shengbao Chen; Chao Tang; Changqing Zhang

doi:10.1055/s-0044-1779681

The Surgery Journal (Jan 2024)

The Efficiency of Antiosteoporosis Medicine after Intertrochanteric Fracture Surgery: A Retrospective Study of Refracture Rate, Function Recovery, Complications, and Mortality in the Chinese Elderly Population

Weidong Zhao,
Shengbao Chen,
Chao Tang,
Changqing Zhang

Affiliations

Weidong Zhao: Department of Orthopaedics, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
Shengbao Chen: Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Chao Tang: Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Changqing Zhang: Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0044-1779681
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 01
pp. e11 – e19

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Objective This research aimed to discern the effects of antiosteoporosis medication on postoperative functional recovery, refracture incidence, complications, and mortality in geriatric patients with intertrochanteric fractures.

Published in The Surgery Journal

ISSN: 2378-5128 (Print); 2378-5136 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://lp.thieme.de/journals/the-surgery-journal/2378-5136

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