Contributors

1. Definition, risk factors, and epidemiology of osteoporosis

Enrique Guerado and Enrique Caso

2. Pathogenesis: Molecular mechanisms of osteoporosis

Anastasia E. Markatseli, Theodora E. Markatseli, and Alexandros A. Drosos

3. Osteoporosis: Biochemical investigations

Ippokratis Pountos and Peter V. Giannoudis

4. Diagnosis: Radiological investigations

David J. Hak and Rodrigo Banegas

5. Development of a fragility liaison service

Paul Andrzejowski and Peter V. Giannoudis

6. NICE guidelines for medical treatment of osteoporosis: An update

Katherine Lowery and Nikolaos K. Kanakaris

7. Role of bisphosphonates and denosumab

Blossom Samuels, Yi Liu, and Joseph Lane

8. The role of anabolic agents

Nifon K. Gkekas, Eustathios Kenanidis, Panagiotis Anagnostis, Michael Potoupnis, Dimitrios G. Goulis, and Eleftherios Tsiridis

9. Current and emerging pharmacological agents in the treatment of osteoporosis

James X. Liu and Thomas A. Einhorn

10. Monitoring/surveillance of medical treatment

Konstantinos D. Stathopoulos and Andreas F. Mavrogenis

11. Systemic complications of osteoporosis medical treatment

Konstantinos G. Makridis and Stamatina-Emmanouela Zourntou

12. Complications of medical treatment: Atypical fractures

Owen Diamond, Natalie C. Rollick, and David L. Helfet

13. Biomechanical considerations for fixation of osteoporotic bone

Peter Augat and Christian von Rüden

14. The fix and treat principle: An update

Vasileios P. Giannoudis and Peter V. Giannoudis

15. Principles of management of osteoporotic fractures

Seth M. Tarrant and Zsolt J. Balogh

16. Can we accelerate the osteoporotic bone fracture healing response?

Martijn van Griensven and Elizabeth Rosado Balmayor

17. Management of osteoporotic proximal humeral fractures: An overview

J.P.A.M. Verbruggen

18. Distal humerus fractures in the elderly: To fix or to replace?

Jon B. Carlson, Craig S. Roberts, and David Seligson

19. Distal radius osteoporotic features: My preferred method of treatment

Donato Perretta and Jesse B. Jupiter

20. Management of osteoporotic pelvic fractures

Pol M. Rommens, Daniel Wagner, and Alexander Hofmann

21. Management of osteoporotic acetabular fractures: Fix or replace?

Peter V. Giannoudis and Panagiotis Douras

22. Management of osteoporotic proximal intertrochanteric/subtrochanteric femoral fractures

Avadhoot Kantak and George Tselentakis

23. Osteoporotic distal femoral fractures: When to fix and how

Cyril Mauffrey and Nicholas A. Alfonso

24. Osteoporotic distal femoral fractures: When to replace and how

Richard Stange and Michael J. Raschke

25. Osteoporotic long bone fractures: My preferred method of treatment

Sascha Halvachizadeh and Hans-Christoph Pape

26. Management of osteoporotic extra-articular proximal tibial fractures

Daniela Sanchez, Amrut Borade, and Daniel S. Horwitz

27. Osteoporotic ankle fractures: Principles of treatment

Theodoros H. Tosounidis and Michael G. Kontakis

28. Treatment of distal intra-articular/extra-articular tibial fractures

Vasileios P. Giannoudis and Peter V. Giannoudis

29. Osteoporotic os calcis fractures: How I manage them

Angus Jennings and Richard Buckley

30. Current trend in kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Kalliopi Alpantaki, Georgios Vastardis, and Alexander G. Hadjipavlou

31. Osteoporotic thoracolumbar fractures: My preferred method of nonoperative treatment

Terence Ong and Opinder Sahota

32. Augmentation of fracture fixation: An update

Peter V. Giannoudis and Panagiotis Douras

33. Complications of surgical treatment for osteoporotic fractures

Paul C. Baldwin III and Christian Krettek

34. Total shoulder replacement and osteoporosis: An Update

David Limb

35. Total hip replacement and osteoporosis: Current trends

Antonios Koutalos, Georgios Komnos, and Theofilos Karachalios

36. Total knee replacement and osteoporosis: An overview

Edward S. Holloway and Veysi T. Veysi

37. Rehabilitation of the osteoporotic patient: Is it different?

Theodoros H. Tosounidis and Amy Margot Lindh

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