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Epidemiología de las fracturas de cadera osteoporóticas en el área sanitaria de Badajoz en el año 2004
Epidemiology of osteoporotic hip fractures in Badajoz district during 2004
M.T. CAMPOS POLO, M. QUILES GALINDO SERVICIO DE CIRUGÍA ORTOPÉDICA Y TRAUMATOLOGÍA. HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA CRISTINA. BADAJOZ
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12/09/2008
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12/09/2008
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12/09/2008
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Resumen (ES)
Hip fractures are the main osteoporosis complication.
The purpose of this paper was to study prospectively hip
osteoporotic fractures in Badajoz, Spain from 1st March 2004
to 28th February 2005. Patients with osteoporotic hip fractures
were selected (older than fifty years, low energy injury and no
more causes producing another pathologic fractures). The
total number of fractures was 222, 181 women and 41 men;
mean age 81 ± 9 years. Half of them, lived in Badajoz city
(51,8%), meanwhile 48,2% lived in villages. Fractures were
more often extracapsular (60,4%) than intracapsular (39,6%).
Most of patients (75,2%) fell at home. The incidence was higher
in October, November and March. Most of patients have
another concomitant diseases (91,4%). The mean hospital
stay was 15 ± 7 days. The hospital mortality was 7,2%. Hip
osteoporotic fractures are an important problem of Public
Health, and have a big morbidity and mortality.
The purpose of this paper was to study prospectively hip
osteoporotic fractures in Badajoz, Spain from 1st March 2004
to 28th February 2005. Patients with osteoporotic hip fractures
were selected (older than fifty years, low energy injury and no
more causes producing another pathologic fractures). The
total number of fractures was 222, 181 women and 41 men;
mean age 81 ± 9 years. Half of them, lived in Badajoz city
(51,8%), meanwhile 48,2% lived in villages. Fractures were
more often extracapsular (60,4%) than intracapsular (39,6%).
Most of patients (75,2%) fell at home. The incidence was higher
in October, November and March. Most of patients have
another concomitant diseases (91,4%). The mean hospital
stay was 15 ± 7 days. The hospital mortality was 7,2%. Hip
osteoporotic fractures are an important problem of Public
Health, and have a big morbidity and mortality.
Palabras clave (ES):
Fractura
Osteoporótica
Cadera
Osteoporosis
Epidemiología
Badajoz
Resumen (EN)
Hip fractures are the main osteoporosis complication.
The purpose of this paper was to study prospectively hip
osteoporotic fractures in Badajoz, Spain from 1st March 2004
to 28th February 2005. Patients with osteoporotic hip fractures
were selected (older than fifty years, low energy injury and no
more causes producing another pathologic fractures). The
total number of fractures was 222, 181 women and 41 men;
mean age 81 ± 9 years. Half of them, lived in Badajoz city
(51,8%), meanwhile 48,2% lived in villages. Fractures were
more often extracapsular (60,4%) than intracapsular (39,6%).
Most of patients (75,2%) fell at home. The incidence was higher
in October, November and March. Most of patients have
another concomitant diseases (91,4%). The mean hospital
stay was 15 ± 7 days. The hospital mortality was 7,2%. Hip
osteoporotic fractures are an important problem of Public
Health, and have a big morbidity and mortality.
The purpose of this paper was to study prospectively hip
osteoporotic fractures in Badajoz, Spain from 1st March 2004
to 28th February 2005. Patients with osteoporotic hip fractures
were selected (older than fifty years, low energy injury and no
more causes producing another pathologic fractures). The
total number of fractures was 222, 181 women and 41 men;
mean age 81 ± 9 years. Half of them, lived in Badajoz city
(51,8%), meanwhile 48,2% lived in villages. Fractures were
more often extracapsular (60,4%) than intracapsular (39,6%).
Most of patients (75,2%) fell at home. The incidence was higher
in October, November and March. Most of patients have
another concomitant diseases (91,4%). The mean hospital
stay was 15 ± 7 days. The hospital mortality was 7,2%. Hip
osteoporotic fractures are an important problem of Public
Health, and have a big morbidity and mortality.
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