Osteoporotic Patients with Thoracolumbar Scoliosis Are at Higher Risk for Developing Thoracolumbar Spinal Fractures
Elderly female osteoporotic patients with thoracolumbar/lumbar scoliosis are at higher risk of developing spinal fractures. Careful follow-up with aggressive treatment of osteoporosis may be required.
Authors
- Jun-Hao Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1939-7557)
- Gabriel Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2280-8356)
- Yiong-Huak Chan
Institutions
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- National University Hospital (SG)
- National University Health System (SG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JBJS Open Access
- Published
- 2025-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.oa.25.00102
- Primary Topic
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00