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Increased incidence among the very elderly in the 2020 Niigata Prefecture Osteoporotic Hip Fracture Study.

Asami NozakiNorio ImaiYugo ShobugawaHayato SuzukiYoji HorigomeNaoto EndoHiroyuki Kawashima
Published in: Journal of bone and mineral metabolism (2023)
The incidence of hip fractures in Niigata Prefecture has gradually increased over the past 35 years, with an increasing change observed in the very elderly recently in 2020. Although the treatment of osteoporotic hip fractures in Niigata Prefecture is adequate, improvements may include increasing the rate of adoption of osteoporosis treatment further and decreasing the number of days of preoperative waiting.
Keyphrases
  • hip fracture
  • bone mineral density
  • risk factors
  • postmenopausal women
  • middle aged
  • total hip arthroplasty