Osteoporosis Associated Vertebral Fractures - Medical and Socio-economic Aspects in Austria

Medical University of Vienna694 enrolled

Overview

The purposes of this study were to analyse demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

694

Conditions

Osteoporotic Fractures

Interventions

OperationPROCEDURE

Analyzation of demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with operation.

Non-operative treatmentPROCEDURE

Analyzation of demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with non-operative treatment.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: -patients older than 50 years of age with vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine caused by a low-energy trauma or without any trauma, or with vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine with typical osteoporotic deformity of the vertebrae (wedge, fish, or flat) Exclusion Criteria: * patients younger than 50 years of age * vertebral fractures at the cervical spine * vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine caused by a high-energy trauma (motor-vehicle accident, sports-related accident, fall from a considerable height) * patients suffering from a malignancy, making a pathological fracture presumably, patients with vertebral fractures, whose dataset of follow-up monitoring was lacking, to make an evaluation of osteoporotic involvement impossible

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

demographic aspects

demographic aspects (age, social status) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment

Time frame: at least two year follow up

gender aspects

gender aspects (sex) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment

Time frame: at least two year follow up

socio economic aspects

socio-economic aspects (cost ratio) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment

Time frame: at least two year follow up

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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