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ea0056p176 | Bone ' Osteoporosis | ECE2018

Atypical femoral fracture-a possible complication in long term use of bisphosphonates (case report)

Florescu Alexandru , Lisnic Vasile , Galesanu Corina

One of the clinical complications associated with the long term use of bisphosphonates treatment in osteoporosis is the atypical femoral fracture (AFF).Even the absolute risk is low and acceptable compared with the number of fractures prevented, there are still reasonable concerns due to the wide prescription of bisphosphonates and the existence of several case series proving that bisphosphonates have a strong association with this unique fracture type. We present a case of a ...