title: [Osteoporotic limb fractures].
abstract: Osteoporotic limb fractures often result in inadequate reduction, delayed bone union, and joint contracture with reduced patients' activity of daily living (ADL), since they usually occur at the metaphysis. To treat comminuted fractures in patients with severe osteoporosis is difficult. Intramedullary nail and external fixation are used for the treatment of those fractures. Recently calcium phosphate bone cement is available for the fracture treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hagino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamamoto