Bone Abstracts

Objectives: To find the predicting factors for bone density in premenopausal women.Methods: Two hundred and forty-five premenopausal women without factors that can cause secondary osteoporosis were analyzed. Age, height, weight, change of height from peak height, history (Hx) of fracture, family Hx of hip or other fracture, Hx of estrogen use, calcium or vitamin D supplementation, smoking and previous Hx of amenorrhea more than 3 months were questioned. ...

Objectives: To evaluate the effect of hormone therapy on the change of bone mineral density in women who showed early menopause after pelvic radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer.Materials and methods: Through retrospective chart review, the changes of bone mineral density in 63 women with early menopause after pelvic radiation therapy for uterine cervical cancer were evaluated. After the diagnosis of early menopause which was defined as level of...

Study Design: Retrospective study.Purpose: To estimate the usefulness of bone scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of new fracture in osteoporotic vertebral fractures.Overview of Literature: The diagnosis of new fracture in osteoporotic vertebral fractures requires simple X-ray and supplementary studies.Methods: We analyzed 87 vertebrae in 44 patients, who diagnosed with osteoporotic ve...

Objectives: To evaluate risk factors of subsequent vertebral fracture following acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.Methods: As a multicenter retrospective study, we recruited 135 patients treated for acute osteoporotic compression fracture with available spine image taken at 1-year follow-up in three hospitals. The patients were divided into two groups according to occurrence of subsequent vertebral fracture. Two groups were analyzed with ...