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Atypical Femur Fracture Risk versus Fragility Fracture Prevention with Bisphosphonates.
Black DM, Geiger EJ, Eastell R, Vittinghoff E, Li BH, Ryan DS, Dell RM, Adams AL. Black DM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020 Aug 20;383(8):743-753. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1916525. N Engl J Med. 2020. PMID: 32813950 Free PMC article.
CONCLUSIONS: The risk of atypical femur fracture increased with longer duration of bisphosphonate use and rapidly decreased after bisphosphonate discontinuation. Asians had a higher risk than Whites. The absolute risk of atypical femur …
CONCLUSIONS: The risk of atypical femur fracture increased with longer duration of bisphosphonate use and rapidl …
Atypical femur fractures.
Tyler W, Bukata S, O'Keefe R. Tyler W, et al. Clin Geriatr Med. 2014 May;30(2):349-59. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2014.01.010. Epub 2014 Mar 4. Clin Geriatr Med. 2014. PMID: 24721373 Review.
Atypical femur fractures were first reported in 2007 and are now recognized as a unique clinical entity. ...These fractures have an increased incidence in patients taking bisphosphonates for osteoporosis and develop as stress reactions in the la …
Atypical femur fractures were first reported in 2007 and are now recognized as a unique clinical entity. ...These fr …
Atypical femur fractures associated with bisphosphonate therapy: post-operative outcomes.
Murphy B, Francis SL, Rhee I, Babazadeh S, Stoney J, Stevens J. Murphy B, et al. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2023 Jul;33(5):1697-1703. doi: 10.1007/s00590-022-03314-y. Epub 2022 Jul 29. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol. 2023. PMID: 35904634
PURPOSE: Bisphosphonates are commonly used medication for the treatment of osteoporosis, and a well-established complication of this medication is bisphosphonate-associated atypical femur fractures (BAAFFs). ...Patients who had undergone surgica …
PURPOSE: Bisphosphonates are commonly used medication for the treatment of osteoporosis, and a well-established complication of this …
Atypical femur fracture in a male without history of bisphosphonate use: a case report.
Al-Ajlouni YA, Lee JL, Lee JL, Samuels B. Al-Ajlouni YA, et al. J Med Case Rep. 2024 Jan 4;18(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s13256-023-04308-y. J Med Case Rep. 2024. PMID: 38172929 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Atypical femur fractures are a rare occurrence, especially in bisphosphonate-naive men, and merit reporting owing to their unusual presentation and clinical implications. ...Radiographic assessment unveiled a closed left mid diaphyseal f …
BACKGROUND: Atypical femur fractures are a rare occurrence, especially in bisphosphonate-naive men, and merit re …
Atypical femur fracture incidence in women increases with duration of bisphosphonate exposure.
Lo JC, Grimsrud CD, Ott SM, Chandra M, Hui RL, Ettinger B. Lo JC, et al. Osteoporos Int. 2019 Dec;30(12):2515-2520. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-05112-5. Epub 2019 Sep 25. Osteoporos Int. 2019. PMID: 31555883 Free PMC article.
In a northern California population of older women who were treated with oral bisphosphonate drugs, the incidence of atypical femur fracture, a rare complication of treatment, increased with longer duration of bisphosphonate exposure. ...INTRODU …
In a northern California population of older women who were treated with oral bisphosphonate drugs, the incidence of atypical …
Atypical femur fracture following romosozumab and bisphosphonate treatment.
Jacunski M, Johnsson H, Ralston SH, Hauser B. Jacunski M, et al. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2025 Mar;55(1):19-22. doi: 10.1177/14782715241301487. Epub 2024 Nov 23. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2025. PMID: 39579023
We report a case of an atypical femur fracture that occurred after the completion of romosozumab treatment which was followed by one dose of 5 mg intravenous zoledronic acid. ...Patients who are switched from prolonged antiresorptive treatment to romosozumab, …
We report a case of an atypical femur fracture that occurred after the completion of romosozumab treatment which was fo …
Update on Atypical Femoral Fractures.
Anderson PA, Kates SL, Watts NB. Anderson PA, et al. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024 Oct 2;106(19):1819-1828. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.23.01439. Epub 2024 Aug 22. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2024. PMID: 39172879 Review.
Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) are stress fractures between the lesser trochanter and the metaphyseal flare that are most commonly related to prolonged (3 to 5 years) antiresorptive medication use. ...Intramedullary nailing is indicated for compl …
Atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) are stress fractures between the lesser trochanter and the metaphyseal flare …
Progression of atypical femur stress fracture after discontinuation of bisphosphonate therapy.
Gu KD, Ettinger B, Grimsrud CD, Lo JC. Gu KD, et al. Osteoporos Int. 2021 Oct;32(10):2119-2123. doi: 10.1007/s00198-021-05948-w. Epub 2021 Apr 29. Osteoporos Int. 2021. PMID: 33914104
Atypical femur fracture (AFF) is an uncommon complication of long-term bisphosphonate use, but the risk declines substantially after treatment cessation. ...Our case demonstrates incomplete atypical femur fracture progression in a …
Atypical femur fracture (AFF) is an uncommon complication of long-term bisphosphonate use, but the risk declines …
Atypical periprosthetic femoral fracture associated with long-term bisphosphonate therapy.
Dózsai D, Ecseri T, Csonka I, Gárgyán I, Doró P, Csonka Á. Dózsai D, et al. J Orthop Surg Res. 2020 Sep 15;15(1):414. doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-01941-x. J Orthop Surg Res. 2020. PMID: 32933566 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Atypical femoral fracture is one of the many complications after the long-term use of bisphosphonates. ...The purpose of our study was to evaluate the proportion of atypical fractures among Vancouver type B1 fractures, …
BACKGROUND: Atypical femoral fracture is one of the many complications after the long-term use of bisphosphonates …
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