OSTEOPOROSIS IN COLLES FRACTURE

Authors
DAI LY CHEN DY WU DS WEN Y
Citation
Ly. Dai et al., OSTEOPOROSIS IN COLLES FRACTURE, Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery, 117(1-2), 1998, pp. 65-67
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09368051
Volume
117
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
65 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-8051(1998)117:1-2<65:OICF>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Previous studies of bone density in patients with Colles fracture have been inconclusive. We measured bone density at the second metacarpal in 36 postmenopausal women with Colles fracture. The patients were fou nd to have highly significant (P < 0.01) or significant (P < 0.05) dif ferences in the parameters of bone density compared with controls matc hed for age. The results suggest that osteoporosis is of definite rele vance to the etiology of Colles fracture in postmenopausal women.