An observational study in Odontoid Fracture, Osteoporosis and Surgery, sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice. Completed at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 65 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-06-16.
Sponsored by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice · Observational
Usually, cervical spine fractures are not considered as osteoporotic fractures. However, recent studies show that odontoid fractures are the most common fractures of the cervical spine in elderly and may occur in a context of low trauma energy. Thus, the goal of this observationnal study is :
All patients over 65 y admitted for low trauma odontoid fracture will be consecutively included in the study after informed consent. The investigators will record:
Follow-up à 3 and 12 months : dead vs alive ; accomodation ; autonomy ; new fracture
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This study's enrollment of 30 is below the median of 174 across 446 observational studies indexed under Osteoporosis.
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all patients over 65 y admitted for low traumat odontoid fracture
Exclusion Criteria:
describe bone status and outcome of odontoid fracture
bone status at the time of odontoid fracture: bone mineral density, prevalent osteoporotic fracture, vitamin D status
clinical risk factor of osteoporosis, prevalent clinical osteoporotic fracture, bone mineral density measured by DXA, vertebral fracture assessment to detect other vertebral fracture, serum concentration in 25OHvitamin D
Time frame: from date of inclusion until to 3 weeks after the event. Inclusion will be proposed within 2 weeks after the fracture
mortality
mortality after odontoid fracture during hospitalization and at 3 and 12 monts
Time frame: during hospitalization - 3 and 12 months after inclusion
morbidity
incident osteoporotic fracture, adverse event such as infection, cardiovascular event, neurological event
Time frame: during hospitalization - 3 and 12 months after inclusion
loss of autonomy
lenght of hospital stay, type of discharge (home, nursing home, rehabilitation bed care, institutionalized accomodation
Time frame: discharge, 3 and 12 months
Plan to share: No
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