Bone biology in the elderly: clinical importance for fracture treatment.

ABSTRACT: Age-related bone impairment often leads to fragility fractures in the elderly. Although excellent surgical care is widely provided, diagnosis and treatment of the underlying bone disorder are often not kept in mind. The interplay of the three major bone cells - osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes - is normally well regulated via the secretion of messengers to control bone remodeling. Possible imbalances that might occur in the elderly are partly due to age, genetic risk factors, and adverse lifestyle factors but importantly also due to imbalances in calcium homeostasis (mostly due to vitamin D deficiency or hypochlorhydria), which have to be eliminated. Therefore, the cooperation between the trauma surgeon and the osteologist is of major importance to diagnose and treat the respective

SUBMITTER: Rolvien T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753994 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature