Abstract | UNLABELLED: Spontaneous atypical fractures of the femur have been reported in patients on long-term antiresorptive bisphosphonate therapy. Here, we report a case of subtrochanteric stress fracture in a seventy-year-old female patient on long-term alendronate therapy, and accompanying management challenges. Potential measures to prevent this complication of antiresorptive treatment for osteoporosis include the following: setting strict criteria for prescribing antiresorptive therapy, limiting the duration of continuous antiresorptive therapy, and increasing the use of bone anabolic agents. KEY WORDS:
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Authors | Paul Cc Chew, B Julaihi, Za Ibrahim |
Journal | Malaysian orthopaedic journal
(Malays Orthop J)
Vol. 7
Issue 1
Pg. 70-3
(Mar 2013)
ISSN: 1985-2533 [Print] Malaysia |
PMID | 25722811
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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