The incidence of arm, forearm, and hip osteoporotic fractures during early stage of COVID-19 pandemic.

Wojciech PluskiewiczR WilkP AdamczykM HajzykM SwobodaA SladekB Koczy

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2021)

During COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease of arm, forearm, and hip fracture incidence was observed which may result in decrease of total costs for Polish healthcare system.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
early stage
risk factors
radiation therapy
lymph node
postmenopausal women
neoadjuvant chemotherapy