Nancy Reagan, 87, was hospitalized this week for a broken pelvis and sacrum, the bone at the base of the spinal column, after a fall. Dr. Deborah Sellmeyer, director of the Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, spoke about bone fractures in older adults.
We tend to hear about hip fractures. How common is a pelvis fracture?
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