Gluteal Muscle Fatty Atrophy: An Independent Risk Factor for Surgical Treatment in Elderly Patients Diagnosed with Type-III Fragility Fractures of the Pelvis.
Christoph LinhartDirk MehrensLuca Maximilian GellertChristian EhrnthallerJohannes GleichChristopher LampertMaximilian LerchenbergerWolfgang BöckerCarl NeuerburgYunjie ZhangPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
Our findings imply that gMFA is an independent factor for surgical treatment in patients with type-III FFP. Besides focusing on the fracture pattern, the further evaluation of gMFA could be a feasible parameter for decision making toward either conservative or surgical treatment of type-III FFP.