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Vol. 3 (2008)
SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS AND MULTIPLE FRACTURES: A CASE REPORT
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Published: April 13 2026
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The authors present a clinical case of severe osteoporosis with periprothesic femoral fracture and numerous vertebral fractures in a 87 years old patient. Treatment had consist in reposition of prosthesis, fracture reduction with internal fixation plate. Teriparatide drug was administer as usual protocol. Clinical and X-rays controls after 3, 6 and 12 months showed a good result of therapy, with healing fracture, a orthostatism and normal deambulation, with improvement of densimetry values and a less dorsolombar pain, as well as a significant improvement of patient's quality of life.
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SEVERE OSTEOPOROSIS AND MULTIPLE FRACTURES: A CASE REPORT. (2026). EuroMediterranean Biomedical Journal, 3. https://doi.org/10.4081/embj.2008.541
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