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Atypical femoral fractures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: I Butler --- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, B Tipping --- Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, R Bhaga --- Division of Orthopaedics, Department of Surgery, -
Recommendations for the acute and long-term medical management of low-trauma hip fractures
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: B Cassim --- Department of Geriatrics, S Lipschitz --- Private Practice, F Paruk --- Division of Medicine, B Tipping --- Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine,Hip fractures are the most serious complication of osteoporosis and are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Generally, patients who sustain osteoporotic hip fractures are older adults who have a number of co-morbid diseases which predispose them to perioperative complications,... -
The experience and psychosocial needs of patients with traumatic fractures treated for more than six months at Doctors on Call for Service Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: HI Okonta --- Department of Family Medicine & PHC, South Africa KL Malemo --- DOCS Hospital, Congo DRC GA Ogunbanjo --- Department of Family Medicine & PHC, South AfricaBackground: Trauma-related consultations, admissions and complications are the leading problems at Doctors on Call for Service (DOCS) Hospital, Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and yet no studies have been carried out to document the experience of long-stay traumatic-fracture patients in... -
Menopause-related osteoporosis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Leon Snyman --- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,Peak bone mass for spine and hip is reached in the mid-twenties and adolescents should be counselled on adequate nutrition to ensure sufficient calcium intake, regular weight-bearing exercise, maintaining normal body weight, avoiding smoking and limiting alcohol intake. These measures... -
Flexibility as risk factor for stress-fracture development in South African male soldiers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PS Wood --- Department of Physiology, Division Biokinetics and Sport Science, South Africa PE Krüger --- Department of Physiology, Division Biokinetics and Sport Science, South AfricaBackground: Stress fractures are a common military training injury. Flexibility of muscles and joints may directly influence stress-fracture risk by way of altering the forces applied to bone. Hip external rotation and ankle plantar- and dorsiflexion have been inconsistently reported... -
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in older South Africans with and without hip fractures and the effects of age, body weight, ethnicity and functional status
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: P Chutterpaul --- Division of Medicine, South Africa F Paruk --- Division of Medicine, South Africa B Cassim --- Department of Geriatrics, South AfricaBackground: Vitamin D plays an important role in many physiological and pathological processes, including bone metabolism. Vitamin D deficiency is common worldwide, but there are few data in older South Africans. -
Bone fractures among adult Nigerians with hyperthyroidism: risk factors, pattern and frequency
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: AO Ale --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria OO Odusan --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria TO Afe --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria OL Adeyemo --- Department of Medicine, Nigeria AO Ogbera --- Department of Medicine, NigeriaBackground: Hyperthyroidism is a common endocrine disorder with multi-systemic effects, the least reported of which is bone loss and fractures. -
Bone health in patients undergoing surgery for primary hyperparathyroidism at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: M Budge --- , W Conradie --- , K Beviss-Challinor --- , L Martin --- , M Conradie --- , A Coetzee --- , -
Prevalence and clinical risk factors for morphometric vertebral fractures in older subjects in KwaZulu-Natal
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: M Esaadi --- , South Africa F Paruk --- , South Africa B Cassim --- , South Africa -
The waning of vision’s hegemony: A phenomenological perspective on mother-daughter discord in patriarchal societies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Casper Lötter --- , South AfricaIf phenomenology is a research methodology uniquely positioned to enable us to learn from others, I aim to demonstrate the idea that cinema is a privileged site from which to investigate the notion of virtuality (sight and reality), even in... -
Clinical, biochemical, and densitometric profiles and FRAX risk calculations of South African patients with fragility fractures of the hip: observations from a tertiary care centre
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: E du Plessis --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa MM Conradie --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa K Jordaan --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa M Burger --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa T de Villiers --- , South Africa M Conradie --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa -
The association between fracture risk and bone mineral density in black postmenopausal women living with human immunodeficiency virus
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: C van der Merwe --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, South Africa PO Ukegbu --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, South Africa HS Kruger --- Centre of Excellence for Nutrition, North-West University, South Africa