Osteoporosis causes decreased bone mineral density, which predisposes to fragility fractures. Low-energy vertebral compression fractures are the most common type of osteoporotic fragility fracture. Prior studies have shown that only one-quarter of patients diagnosed with an osteoporotic fracture are referred or treated for osteoporosis. To identify the rate of recurrent fractures after vertebroplasty and after the conservative treatment for patients aged 50 years and older who sustained low impact vertebral compressions fractures over a 6-month period.BACKGROUND CONTEXT
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