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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the correlation between T-score of lumbar spine and that of proximal femur using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and the accuracy of the diagnosis of osteoporosis.
MATERIAL AND...
Although most gynecologists had prescribed estrogen with or without progestin for their menopausal patients before the publication of Women's health Initiative (WHI) trial findings, only 35 to 40% of women...
OBJECTIVES: To compare the incidence of osteoporosis and the related factors among fracture sites in above 50 year-old patients with fractures caused by low-energy trauma.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seven hundred and...
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a relatively recent procedure in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Bone cement embolism is a severe and potentially life-threatening complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty with cement....
OBJECTIVES: To assess the clinical efficacy of once-yearly treatment with Zoledronic acid in patients with osteopenia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: From June 2009 to November 2011, patients diagnosed with osteopenia were applied...