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Le fratture da fragilità ossea: I’incompetenza meccanica del tessuto scheletrico

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Osteoporosi: le nuove prospettive in ortopedia e traumatologia

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L’incidenza dell’osteoporosi associata alle fratture di colonna vertebrale, di femore e di radio è in continuo aumento [1]. Le fratture da compressione vertebrale sono le più precoci e comuni fratture causate dall’osteoporosi; la loro prevalenza aumenta costantemente con l’età passando dal 20% nelle donne cinquantenni in menopausa al 64,5% nelle donne più anziane e in America si stima che la loro incidenza sia di circa 700.000/anno, un terzo delle quali provoca dolore cronico [2]. Negli ultimi anni uno studio sulla popolazione svedese ha evidenziato un incremento dell’incidenza delle fratture di femore, dal 4,5 al 6,5 per 1000 cittadini e un’età media al momento dell’evento fratturativo aumentata rispetto agli ultimi 30–40 anni: più della metà dei pazienti ha un’età media superiore a 80 anni [3]. Si tratta quindi di un problema che grava sulla spesa sanitaria mondiale tanto che si ipotizza che nel 2050 il costo globale del trattamento delle sole fratture di femore raggiungerà 131 miliardi di dollari [4].

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Garcia Parra, C., Boselli, P.M., Trevisan, C., Marinoni, E.G. (2006). Le fratture da fragilità ossea: I’incompetenza meccanica del tessuto scheletrico. In: Osteoporosi: le nuove prospettive in ortopedia e traumatologia. Corsi di perfezionamento in ortopedia e traumatologia. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0546-4_4

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