Skip to main content
Atencion Primaria logoLink to Atencion Primaria
. 2013 Apr 5;25(6):422–424. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(00)78534-9

Diagnóstico y tratamiento de la osteoporosis posmenopáusica después de una fractura de Colles

Diagnosis and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis after a colles’ fracture

S Morote a, E Kanterewicz b,*, A Villanueva a, MJ García a, E Carballido a, A Yáñez c
PMCID: PMC7675799  PMID: 10857234

Abstract

Objectives

To investigate whether the presence of Colles’ fracture leads to diagnostic studies or treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.

Design

Retrospective study with follow-up of incident cases.

Setting

Hospital General de Vic and Primary Care Centre Osona. Vic. Barcelona.

Participants and methods

:We studied 80 postmenopausal women with Colles’ fracture during 1995-1996. The clinical records were sistematically reviewed and treatment with antiosteoporotic drugs before and after Colles’ fracture were compared.

Measurements and main results

Diagnostic studies were found in 3 (3.8%) patients. 6 patients (7.5%) took antiosteoporotic drugs before the fracture while 21 (26.3%, p < 0.001) did so after it.

Conclusions

A recent Colles’ fracture induces few osteoporosis diagnostic studies. However, it leads to a significant increase in the use of antiosteoporotic drugs.

Bibliografía

  • 1.Eastell R. Forearm fracture. Bone. 1996;18:203–207. doi: 10.1016/8756-3282(95)00503-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 2.Riggs B.L., Melton L.J. Involutional osteoporosis. N Engl J Med. 1986;314:1676–1686. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198606263142605. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 3.Sosa M., Sablón N., Martín N., Láinez P., Limiñana J.M., De Miguel E. Las mujeres con fractura vertebral tienen menos masa ósea que aquéllas con fractura de Colles. REEMO. 1999;8:6–12. [Google Scholar]
  • 4.Mallmin H., Ljunghall S. Distal radius fracture is an early sign of general osteoporosis. Bone mass measurements in a population-based study. Osteoporosis Int. 1994;4:357–361. doi: 10.1007/BF01622198. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 5.Peel N.F., Barrington N.A., Smith T.W., Eastell R. Distal forearm fractures as risk factor for vertebral osteoporosis. BMJ. 1994;308:1543–1544. doi: 10.1136/bmj.308.6943.1543. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 6.Silman A.J. The patient with fracture. The risk of subsequent fractures. Am J Med. 1995;98(Supl 2A):12–16. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9343(05)80039-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 7.Compston J. Fragility fractures establish diagnosis of osteoporosis. BMJ. 1999;318:1698. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 8.Kanterewicz E., Iruela A., Pladevall M., Serrarols M., Pañella D., Brugués J. Estudio de las prescripciones de calcitonina: estimación del gasto por prescripción inadecuada. Med Clin (Barc) 1998;110:411–414. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 9.Torgerson D.J., Dolan P. Prescribing by general practitioners after an osteoporotic fracture. Ann Rheum Dis. 1998;57:378–379. doi: 10.1136/ard.57.6.378. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  • 10.Pal B. Questionnaires survey of advice given to patients with fractures. BMJ. 1999;318:500–501. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7182.500. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Atencion Primaria are provided here courtesy of Elsevier

RESOURCES