In patients shown to have an atypical subtrochanteric femoral fracture on bisphosphonates, consider radiological imaging of the contralateral femur to exclude coexisting impending/incomplete fractures ...

Several uncontrolled case series have described atypical subtrochanteric or femoral shaft fractures after long-term bisphosphonate therapy; the presumed mechanism is oversuppression of bone ...

Cases of atypical femoral diaphyseal and subtrochanteric fracture were reported recently in patients on long-term alendronate, and oversuppression of bone turnover was postulated to be the cause. We ...

Osteonecrosis of the jaw has been reported. Atypical femur fractures have been reported. Evaluate new thigh or groin pain to rule out an incomplete femoral fracture. Bisphosphonates included in ...

are associated with bisphosphonate-related atypical femur fractures (AFFs) and to investigate the relationships between AFF location and these parameters. Sixteen females with a history of ...

In addition, lateral views of the spine obtained by DXA are used to detect vertebral fracture and single energy images of the proximal femur can be used to visualize features associated with the ...