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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 106-B, Issue SUPP_15 | Pages 44 - 44
7 Aug 2024
Raghu A Kapilan M Ibrahim M Mushtaq S Sherief T
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Introduction

Most common osteoporotic fracture

20-30% of patients with OVFs are presented to hospital while 2.2 million remain undiagnosed, as diagnosis is usually opportunistic

66,000 OVFs occur annually in the UK with increase by 18,000 cases a year until 2025.

20% chance of another OVF in next 12 months and 3 times risk of hip fracture.

Acute painful OVFs poorly tolerated by infirm elderly patients, leading to significant morbidity and 8 times increase in age-adjusted mortality.

Materials and Methods

Classify fracture severity and patents with ovfs in 12-month period.

To assess follow-up status and if kyphoplasty was offered within 6 weeks as per NICE guidelines.

To introduce Royal Osteoporosis Society and GIRFT guidelines on management of symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral fractures