Bone Abstracts

Study design: Prospective study.Objectives: The risk factors correlated with actual falls were assessed in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.Materials and methods: In 201 patients (M:F 65:136) with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis, falls history within recent one year was investigated. The factors which were expected correlation with actual falls were evaluated together. Blood chemistry was performed to evaluate serum Vitamin ...

Introduction: The significance of sarcopenia and low muscle mass are especially emphasized in these days. Sarcopenia is well known to highly correlate with fragility and increases the risk of falling in the elderly and an important risk factor for disability and mortality. Evidence of inter-relaionship of muscle with bone metabolism is increasing. Therefore we investigated the relationship between BMD and muscle mass among healthy Korean premenopausal women.<p class="abste...

Introduction: To compare serum vitamin D levels in elderly patients with or without osteoporotic spinal compression fractures (OSCF) and to evaluate a correlation between serum vitamin D level and several variables such as age, and bone mineral density (BMD), bone turnover markers.Methods: The medical records of 78 patients with OSCF (fracture group) and 84 age-matched control patients who were diagnosed osteoporosis without OSCF (control group) were rev...

Introduction: To analyze clinical assessment and efficacy of once-yearly i.v. zoledronic acid for osteoporosis.Materials and methods: The subjects were 322 osteoporotic patients who received more than single infusion of zoledronic acid in our hospital from October 2008 to March 2011. On clinical assessment, the adherence was evaluated by measuring the rate of reinfusion. Adverse events were recorded for safety assessment. For efficacy assessment, the bon...

The receptor activator of NF-kB (RANK) and ITAM-containing adaptors have been identified as essential factors involved in osteoclast formation and bone remodeling, but their mechanisms and interacting factors have not yet been fully identified. Here we report that early estrogen-induced gene 1 (EEIG1), a novel RANK ligand (RANKL)-inducible protein, physically interacts with RANK and further associates with Gab2, PLCg2, and Tec/Btk kinases by RANKL stimulation. Overexpression o...

Purpose: The purpose of the present study was to characterize the extent of sarcopenia among orthopaedic surgery patients.Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study identified 222 patients immediately after or before an orthopaedic surgery including elective total hip and knee arthroplasty and hip fracture surgery at a single institution. 364 patients from an outpatient department who did not have an orthopaedic surgery were also examined as a con...

Aging is associated with a loss of systemic bone mass and an increased risk of especially the spine and hip. Therefore bone loss of teeth and ridge resorption can occur in the mouth. However, results of several studies investing association between systemic bone density and oral health have varied. In this study, we investigated the relationship between osteoporosis and dental caries with the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) conducted in 2008&#1...

Sacral insufficiency fracture is known as a common cause of lumbosacral pain developed without evident trauma in patients with osteoporotic spinal compression fracture. The purpose of study was to investigate the incidence and predisposing factors of sacral insufficiency fracture accompanied by osteoporotic spinal compression fracture.We carried out a retrospective study of 949 patients who were measured bone mineral densitometry (BMD) and showed osteopo...

A 20-year-old male presented following a fall down. He was diagnosed with a C5–C7 burst fracture and underwent a cervical fixation surgery. He was transferred to inpatient rehabilitation with C6 ASIA A tetraplegia.70 days after the operation, he began to have intermittent mild fever with a temperature of 37.4 oC. On postoperative day 72, left thigh was noted to be edematous. The circumferential difference between the lower extremities mea...

Objectives: We investigated bone mineral density (BMD) in women as this is related to a history of previous pregnancies and miscarriage and according to age.Materials and methods: We performed retrospective study on 1043 women who had their BMD in a university hospital. We analyzed the BMD and the previous obstetric history according to age and the clinical characteristics.Results: The mean age of the study subjects was 56.7±5...