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ba0005p411 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2016

Establishment of a large sector-spanning fracture liaison service in Germany

Wolters Wanja , Rossmann Markus , Pommerening Jonas , Dahmen Georg P , Schusseler Andreas , Bullmann Catharina , Weber Ingrid , Ott Nils , Lehmann Wolfgang , Hesse Eric

Patients with osteoporotic fractures are frequently treated in trauma surgery. While fracture fixation is at the center of patient care, treatment of the underlying bone disorder is often not considered, thereby increasing the risk for subsequent fractures. Closing this treatment gap is therefore among the greatest challenges in modern trauma surgery. To address this problem, we established a fully structured, multidisciplinary, sector-spanning fracture liaison service (FLS), ...