Klinicist (Sep 2016)

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN THE TREATMENT OF FRACTURES OF THE PROXIMAL FEMUR ON THE BACKGROUND OF SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS

  • N. V. Zagorodniy,
  • A. A. Volna,
  • I. I. Panfilov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17650/1818-8338-2016-10-2-18-24
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 2
pp. 18 – 24

Abstract

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The article presents a review of published data on the problem of osteoporosis in patients older than 75 years who have had fractures of the proximal femur. We used descriptive and analytical methods. Search publications have done in accessible to free search databases. Based on our analysis, it was found: the majority of researchers in Russia and abroad are united in the opinion that this issue requires a multidisciplinary approach; surgical treatment should be initiated as early as possible after the onset of fracture, before the complications from side of the internal organs; patients with fractures on the background of senile osteoporosis should receive drugs that affect to the quantitative and qualitative components of bone.

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