Osteoporotic thoracolumbar fractures: age-modified Osteoporotic Fracture-based treatment decisions and length of hospital stay in elderly patients - a prospective single-centre cohort study.
PURPOSE Treatment decisions for osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral fractures (OVF) in elderly patients are challenging. The AO Spine-DGOU Osteoporotic Fracture (OF) classification and OF-score support treatment allocation but do not explicitly account for chronological age, despite its known prognostic relevance. In...