... hospitals in different Northern, Central, and South-ern regions of the country. The hospitals involve d in the survey were the following: Milan (Othopedic Institute“Gaetano Pini”), Turin (Maria ... data con-cerning the fractures observed between 01/01/2004 and 31/12/2006: the ske letal site of the fracture, the genderandageofthepatient,andthetypeoftraumaofthepatient (low- energy trauma or ... GS, MP, CAV, and CC conceived of the study, participated in its design, and assisted in the enrollment of all the patients in the study at each clinical center. UTcoordinated the study. UT, PP,...