INTRODUCTION Osteoarthritis (or just arthritis), osteoarthrosis (arthrosis) and osteoarthropathy (arthropathy) are very common conditions which most orthopedic surgeons, rheumatologists and doctors of other specialties encounter daily in their practice. The use of all three terms is customary,...

INTRODUCTION According to the World Health Organization (WHO) definition, osteoporosis is a systemic, progressive skeletal disease characterized by reduced bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of bone tissue, resulting in increased bone fragility and susceptibility to fractures. Bone...