Which fractures are most attributable to osteoporosis?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determining anatomic sites and circumstances under which a fracture may be a consequence of osteoporosis is a topic of ongoing debate and controversy that is important to both clinicians and researchers.

Methods

We conducted a systematic literature review and generated an evidence report on fracture risk based on specific anatomic bone sites and fracture diagnosis codes. Using the Research and Development/University of California at Los Angeles appropriateness process, we convened a multidisciplinary panel of 11 experts who rated fractures according to their likelihood of being because of osteoporosis based on the evidence report. Fracture sites (as determined by International Classification of Diseases Clinical Modification codes) were stratified by four clinical

SUBMITTER: Warriner AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5030717 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature