Discontinuation of alendronate and administration of bone-forming agents after surgical nailing may promote union of atypical femoral fractures in patients on long-term alendronate therapy

BACKGROUND: Long-term alendronate therapy may lead to atypical femoral fractures in a very few patients. However, the management protocol to optimize fracture healing remains undetermined. The purpose of this study was to describe the time to union of atypical femoral fractures after surgical nailin...

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Autores principales: Lin, Tsung-Li, Wang, Shyu-Jye, Fong, Yi-Chin, Hsu, Chin-Jung, Hsu, Horng-Chaung, Tsai, Chun-Hao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23311861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-11

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