TY - JOUR PY - 2011// TI - Osteosynthesis of fragility fractures JO - Aging clinical and experimental research A1 - Tarantino, Umberto A1 - Iundusi, Riccardo A1 - Lecce, Domenico A1 - Tempesta, Valerio A1 - Perrone, Fabio Luigi A1 - Rao, Cecilia A1 - Cerocchi, Irene A1 - Gasbarra, Elena SP - 54 EP - 56 VL - 23 IS - 2 Suppl N2 - The deepening knowledge about bone pathophysiology, together with the development of less invasive bone implants, fitted for the treatment of fragility fractures, the continuous advances in the creation of osteoconductive and osteoinductive biomaterials, the availability of bone active agents, capable of modulating fracture healing, actually represent the orthopaedic "weapons" to improve the surgical outcome and quality of life in patients with osteoporosis.

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