Risk factors of the poor long-term prognosis of osteoporotic vertebral fractures: A multicenter cohort study

CONCLUSIONS: A telephone survey at 12 years after the occurrence of OVF analyzed risk factors for mortality and showed that a progression of local kyphosis in fractures between injury onset and 6 months after injury was a risk factor of poor prognosis.PMID:33626975 | DOI:10.1177/2309499021994969

Source: Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery - February 25, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Shinji Takahashi Hidetomi Terai Masatoshi Hoshino Tadao Tsujio Akinobu Suzuki Takashi Namikawa Minori Kato Akira Matsumura Kazushi Takayama Hiromitsu Toyoda Koji Tamai Shoichiro Ohyama Yusuke Hori Akito Yabu Hiroaki Nakamura Source Type: research