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Recently, vertebroplasy has been widely used to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in the elderly. Outstanding results such as immediate pain relief and functional improvement have been achieved using vertebroplasty....
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effective of vertebroplasty in restoring the vertebral height and in changing the kyphotic angle in osteoporotic vertebral fractures.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: From Jan. 2000 to Dec. 2007,...
PTH and ibandronate are proven to be effective in reversing negative effects of postmenopausal osteoporosis in terms of bone architecture and density. However, the changes of viscoelastic properties of the...
OBJECTIVES: To analyze the surgical results of distal femur fracture in patients over 65 years old with osteoporosis using locking compression plate.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: From July 2004 to June 2010,...
Over 100 years ago, Hermann Kummell described a clinical condition in which patients sustained a trivial trauma, had essentially asymptomatic period lasting weeks to months, then developed a painful, progressive...
The risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is well studied for some orthopedic surgery. However, the incidence of postoperative DVT is less well-defined in patients who have spinal surgery. In...
OBJECTIVES: To analogize the test results through analyzing the correlation of bone mineral density (BMD) values between 2 sites (proximal femur and lumbar spine).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Among the 1557 cases...
Jeon YK, Kim SS, Kim BH, Kim SJ, Lee JY, Bae YT, Kim YK, Kim IJ
KMID: 2010319
Osteoporosis.
2011 Dec;9(3):238-243.
OBJECTIVES: There is a lack of data on bone loss in premenopausal patients with breast cancer after chemotherapy in Korea. In this study, we compared the bone mineral density of...