Clin Osteol 2017; 22(3): 109-112

Fracture Liaison Service as a possible tool for improving care-evaluation of proximal femoral fractures and frequency of densitometry examination in Klatovy Hospital duruing 2012-2016Original contributions

P. Lukáš, M. Švagr, R. Pikner

We evaluated 350 (105 men and 245 women) hospitalized patients with a diagnosis of femoral neck fractures or pertro­ chanteric fractures at orthopedic department during period 2012-2016in Klatovska Hospital. Densitometric examination (DXA scan) was performed in only 21.4 % of all patients and only in 9.1 % patients after the fracture. Active osteoporotic treatment used 4.9 % patients before fracture and 8.6 % after the fracture. Treatment did not received of 97.1 % of patients without any DXA scan, 91.2 % of patients who had a DXA scan before the fracture, and 30.0 % of patients who had DXA scan after fracture. Patients who have underwent DXA scan after the fracture were more likely to be treated appropria­ tely. The introduction of Fracture Liaison Services, its ongoing evaluation, and improvement is a good way to increase the percentage of patients treated after severe osteoporotic fractures.

Keywords: hipfracture, bone densitometry, Fracture Liaison Service

Published: December 11, 2017  Show citation