Alma B. Pederson, MD, PhD, DMSc, of Aarhus University Hospital in Demark led a historical cohort study of 90,000-plus patients treated with denosumab or alendronate. The study revealed that the competing antiosteoporosis therapies result in a similar rate of patient...
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Largest Ever Hip Fracture Clinical Trial Completes One-Year Follow Up in 1,000th Patient
As reported in PRNewsWire, X-Bolt Orthopaedics, a leading medical device company, today announced the 1000th patient has completed one-year of follow-up in the (n= 1,140 patients) multi-center randomized controlled trial comparing extracapsular hip fracture fixation...
Aarhus University Hospital 75,000 Patient Study Identifying Hip Fracture Infection Risk
Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark researchers utilized data from 75,000 hip fractures in Denmark targeting the issue of postop infection and antibiotic use post hip surgery discharge (follow link to the actual study results). Lead Research/Investigator Kaja...
Kuopio Univ & Eastern Finland Lead Study Revealing Comorbidities Increase Hip Surgery Complications
HospiMedica reports Parkinson's disease (PD), osteoarthritis, mental health disorders, and other issues increase the risk of complications following hip fracture surgery, according to a new study. Researchers at Kuopio University Hospital (Finland), the University of...
Study: Hip Fracture Surgery’s Lower Death Rates
Linda Carroll of Reuters, reports that Seniors are more likely to survive a hip fracture if the break is repaired the day they’re admitted to the hospital or the following day at the latest, a new study finds. An international team of researchers estimated that 16.5...