Osteoporosis is a silent disease that affects women around menopause. An increasing incidence of male osteoporosis has been noted the last decade.
The disease fails to be diagnosed early as it is not associated with complaints. It is usually detected when an osteoporotic fracture occurs. Early diagnosis is therefore valuable. That is facilitated using some aids including DEXA scan. Once treatment started, anti-osteoporotic protocols must be followed for years and include daily exercises, quit smoking, correction of any concomitant hormonal dysfunction and antiosteoporotic drugs.
All elderly sustained an osteoporotic fracture (intertrochanteric or subcapital femoral or spinal or distal radius or proximal humerus) must receive antiosteoporotic treatment because the risk of a 2nd osteoporotic fracture is as high as 10%.
There are many treatment protocols and the treating surgeon will choose what is pertinent for a given patient.
The likelihood of an osteoporotic fracture for a given patient is electronically assessed at the office when indicated, and the result is handed out in a written form.