Survey of awareness and attitudes to the management of fragility fractures among the membership of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association

• Main Authors: Lee, Joon Kiong, Mitchell, Paul James, Bin Ang, Seng, Mercado-Asis, Leilani Basa, Rey-Matias, Reynaldo, Li, Jianan, Flicker, Leon, Leung, Edward, Choon, David, Chandrasekaran, Sankara Kumar, Close, Jacqueline Clare Therese, Seymour, Hannah, Cooper, Cyrus, Halbout, Philippe, Blank, Robert Daniel, Zhao, Yanling, Malhotra, Rajesh, Unnanuntana, Aasis, Woo, Yew Lok, Noor, Zairin, Yang, Rong-Sen, Tabu, Irewin, Islam, Syed Shahidul, Chinoy, Muhammad Amin, Pande, Sonali, Thapa, Buland, Wong, Ronald Man Yeung, Pande, Ketan, Chan, Ding-Cheng (Derrick), Al, Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture, Frag, Asia Pacific Osteoporosis
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer London Ltd 2024
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45334/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-024-01375-6
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

A survey of awareness and attitudes to the management of fragility fractures among the membership of the Asia Pacific Orthopaedic Association conducted in 2022 found considerable variation in care across the region. A Call to Action is proposed to improve acute care, rehabilitation and secondary fra...