Concomitant and previous osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Background and purpose — Patients with osteoporosis who present with an acute onset of back pain often have multiple fractures on plain radiographs. Differentiation of an acute osteoporotic vertebral fracture (AOVF) from previous fractures is difficult. The aim of this study was to investigate the i...

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Main Authors: Markus Lenski, Natalie Büser, Michael Scherer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
Series:Acta Orthopaedica
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453674.2016.1273644