Fragility fractures: proposal of the best practice through the fracture coordination units: the experience of Mexico


Por: Mendez-Sanchez, Lucia, Calo, Monica, Javaid, Muhammad Kassim, Aguilar, Grushenka, de Leon, Andrea Olascoaga-Gomez, Viveros-Garcia, Juan Carlos, Torres-Naranjo, Francisco, Clark, Patricia, FLS-MX Grp

Publicada: 1 dic 2022
Categoría: Orthopedics and sports medicine

Resumen:
Fragility fractures represent a health problem in Mexico and in the world. This paper reviews and puts forward the implementation of Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) as a feasible and cost-effective alternative in health institutions in our country through the identification, treatment, and follow-up of this type of fractures.

Filiaciones:
Mendez-Sanchez, Lucia:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Hosp Infantil Mexico Fed Gomez, Fac Med, Unidad Epidemiol Clin, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

Calo, Monica:
 Int Osteoporosis Fdn, Oficina Reg Amer Latina, Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

Javaid, Muhammad Kassim:
 Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Orthopaed Rheumatol & Musculoskelet, Oxford, England

Aguilar, Grushenka:
 Hosp Traumatol Dr Victorio Fuente Narvaez IMSS, Unidad Med Alta Especialidad UMAE, Serv Cadera Pelvis Acetabulo, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

de Leon, Andrea Olascoaga-Gomez:
 Inst Nacl Rehabilitac Luis Guillermo Ibarra, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Clin Hosp Infantil, Fed Gomez Fac Med, Unidad Epidemiol, Marquez 162, Mexico City 06720, DF, Mexico

Viveros-Garcia, Juan Carlos:
 Hosp Reg ISSSTE Leon, Serv Med Interna Ortogeriatria, Guanajuato, Mexico

Torres-Naranjo, Francisco:
 Ctr Invest Osea Y La Composicion Corporal, Guadalajara, Mexico

Clark, Patricia:
 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Hosp Infantil Mexico Fed Gomez, Fac Med, Unidad Epidemiol Clin, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Clin Hosp Infantil, Fed Gomez Fac Med, Unidad Epidemiol, Marquez 162, Mexico City 06720, DF, Mexico
ISSN: 18623522
Editorial
Springer-Verlag London Ltd, 236 GRAYS INN RD, 6TH FLOOR, LONDON WC1X 8HL, ENGLAND, Reino Unido
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 17 Número: 1
Páginas: 8
WOS Id: 000736153100002
ID de PubMed: 34964074