Injury
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This study aimed to investigate age- and menopause-related differences in bone mineral density (BMD), bone structure and estimated bone strength at surgical neck of humerus in Chinese female sample. ⋯ The increase in bone size only occurred during the menopause transition. Obvious loss of resistance to bending was in late postmenopausal period.
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Optimal treatment of patients with rib fractures requires identification of those patients at risk of pulmonary complications. It is also important to determine which patients would benefit from Surgical Stabilisation of Rib Fractures (SSRF). This study aims to validate two scoring systems (RibScore and SCARF score) in predicting complications and association with SSRF in an Australian trauma population. Clinical observation suggests that complications and criteria for SSRF is associated with anatomical and physiological factors. Therefore it is hypothesized that utilisation of an anatomical (RibScore) and physiological (SCARF) in conjunction will have improved predictive ability. ⋯ Retrospective Cohort Study LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III.