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ea0020p251 | Bone/Calcium | ECE2009

The incidence of osteoporotic hip fracture in north west of Iran

Aliasgarzadeha Akbar , Bahrami Amir , Ramazani Majid , Najafipoor Farzad , Moradi Amin

Introduction: Osteoporotic hip fracture is one of the serious complications of bone loss. These fractures constitute almost 20% of orthopedics wards admissions. Due to lack of precise statistical data of osteoporotic hip fracture rates in IRAN, and absence of previous investigations regarding the problem in Tabriz (a large city in north west of IRAN), we planed a study to survey frequency of this epidemic in over 50 years old residents of Tabriz.Material...