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ArticleCureus2023

Simultaneous Bilateral Insufficiency Femoral Fractures After Long-Term Alendronate Treatment: A Lesson Not Yet Learned.

Dimitrios Rigkos, Ioannis Savvidis, Alexia Bisbinas, Georgios Markopoulos, Ilias Bisbinas

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Dimitrios Rigkos1st Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Ioannis Savvidis1st Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Alexia BisbinasInternal Medicine Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, ITA.
Georgios Markopoulos1st Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, GRC.
Ilias Bisbinas1st Trauma and Orthopaedics Department, 424 General Military Training Hospital, Thessaloniki, GRC.
University of Pavia · IT424 General Military Hospital · GROrthopaedic Trauma Association · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bisphosphonates have recently been used as a first-line treatment for osteoporosis. However, prolonged bisphosphonate use may be associated with insufficiency and atypical femoral fractures. In this case report, we present a patient with simultaneous bilateral insufficiency femoral fractures after using alendronate for 11 years, which were treated surgically. Our patient also had a history of a previous right femoral atypical fracture eight years before the latest ones, while on 3-year alendronate treatment. To our knowledge, it is the first patient reported with three atypical - insufficiency fractures covering all the anatomical areas of the proximal half of the femur after long-term bisphosphonate treatment.

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alendronateatypical fracturesbilateralbisphosphonatesinsufficiency femoral fracturessimultaneous

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PMID36814732
PMCPMC9939954
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