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ba0003pp246 | Osteoporosis: evaluation and imaging | ECTS2014

Do osteophytes protect femoral neck against fracture in osteoarthritis?

Bakides Sofoclis , Sakellariadis George , Charamis Angelos , Drivas Kiriakos , Ververeli Charilila-Loukia , Zakaki Semiramis , Kapagiannis Vasileios , Papageorgiou George

Introduction: The FRAX tool can be used to assess absolute fracture risk, but the majority of treatment decisions are still based on measurements by DEXA. In remote rural Greek areas, after the socioeconomy crisis, access to the nearest DEXA facility became more difficult.Purpose: Role of combined QUS and FRAX in the identification of low risk patients who do not require DEXA applying a FRAX threshold of 4% for the 10-year major osteoporotic fracture pro...