Prolonged effects from osteoporotic fractures drive health care, indirect costs
Women who sustain any type of osteoporotic fracture have higher adjusted all-cause health care costs and indirect costs in the 5 years after fracture compared with matched nonfracture controls, according to a speaker.
Osteoporosis therapies reduce fracture risk for women regardless of BMD status
Osteoporosis therapies work equally well for women at high risk for fracture with high or low bone mineral density, according to data from the virtual American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting.
Total shoulder arthroplasties ‘increased substantially’ in the US from 2012 to 2017
The incidence of primary reverse and anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty has “increased substantially” in the United States, with the largest increases seen in men and patients aged 50 to 64 years, according to published results.
Telehealth-based exams noninferior to traditional means for rotator cuff tear diagnosis
Compared with traditional shoulder clinical examinations, simulated telehealth-based examinations have no inferior diagnostic effectiveness in the detection of rotator cuff tears, according to published results.
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty found beneficial for older adults without arthritis
In patients older than 60 years with chronic rotator cuff tears without glenohumeral arthritis, use of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty may be a beneficial treatment, according to published findings.
