title: [The significance of osteoporosis for orthopaedic and trauma                     surgeons].
abstract: This refresher is concerned with several aspects: to give an overview over                         the latest considerations concerning the definition of osteoporosis related                         to fractures as well as to discuss up-to-date diagnostic possibilities in                         order to estimate the future fraction risk of the individual patient.                         Furthermore, it gives a summary of medical treatment options particularly                         under a orthopaedic and trauma surgery point of view. This topic publication                         can only be a recurrent presentation synopsis for the purpose of revising,                         as there are several publications and guidelines for advanced                         subject-specific training (e.g. S3-Richtlinie zur Diagnose und Therapie der                         Osteoporose des DVO, http://www.osteoporose-portal.de/arzt/leitlinen).
authors: Universitätsklinik für Orthopädie, Medizinische Universität Wien, Österreich. gerold.holzer@meduniwien.ac.at
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mesh_terms: D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*