Osteoporosis News
| Jul 29, 2010 – SOURCE: Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany) | |||
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Articular Cartilage Thickness Measured with US is Not as Easy as It Appears: A Systematic Review of Measurement Techniques and Image Interpretation | |
| BACKGROUND: Theoretically, the high spatial resolution of US makes it well suited to monitor the decrease in articular cartilage thickness in osteoarthritis. A requirement is, however, that the borders of the cartilage are correctly identified and that th | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) | |||
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APOS therapy improves clinical measurements and gait in patients with knee osteoarthritis | |
| BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes in gait patterns and clinical measurements following treatment with a novel biomechanical device on patients with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS: Forty six patients with bilateral knee oste | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR) | |||
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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Is Not a Risk Factor for New Osteoporotic Compression Fractures: Results from VERTOS II | |
| BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: PV is increasingly used as treatment for osteoporotic VCFs. However, controversy exists as to whether PV increases the risk for new VCFs during follow-up. The purpose of our research was to assess the incidence of new VCFs in patie | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Osteoporosis International | |||
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Prevalence of osteoporosis and fractures among women prescribed osteoporosis medication in five European countries: the POSSIBLE EU((R)) study | |
| European observational 1-year study assessed osteoporosis and fracture patterns in 3,402 postmenopausal women prescribed osteoporosis medication. Almost 40% of patients had a previous fracture, while 25% had neither fracture nor dual energy X-ray absorpti | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine | |||
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Delayed contrast-enhanced MRI of cartilage: Comparison of nonionic and ionic contrast agents | |
| The objective of this study was to evaluate if cartilage fixed charge density is the only factor determining the distribution of the measured delayed gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage index, T(1)(Gd-DTPA(2-)), across cartilage in | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | |||
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Oxford Phase 3 unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: medium-term results of a minimally invasive surgical procedure | |
| PURPOSE: In the last decade, a major increase in the use of and interest in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) has developed. The Oxford Phase 3 UKA is implanted with a minimally invasive technique using newly developed instruments. The objective of | |||
| Jul 28, 2010 – SOURCE: Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | |||
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Autologous platelet gel in total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized study | |
| PURPOSE: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is often associated with major postoperative blood loss, postoperative pain, and impaired wound healing. The application of autologous platelet gel (APG), prepared from the buffy coat of a unit of autologous blood, h | |||
| Jul 27, 2010 – SOURCE: Journal of Arthroplasty | |||
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Cementless Bipolar Hemiarthroplasty Using a Hydroxyapatite-Coated Long Stem for Osteoporotic Unstable Intertrochanteric Fractures | |
| Treating senile osteoporotic patients with unstable hip fractures remains a challenge. We evaluated the results of 87 cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasties using an extensively hydroxyapatite-coated long stem for unstable intertrochanteric fractures in se | |||
| Jul 27, 2010 – SOURCE: Journal of Arthroplasty | |||
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Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty for a Vancouver Type B3 Periprosthetic Fracture Using an Allograft-Cemented Stem Composite by the Telescoping Technique | |
| We describe a case of successful revision total hip arthroplasty for a Vancouver type B3 periprosthetic femoral fracture with extensive bone stock deficiency and osteoporotic diaphyseal bone. The femur was reconstructed with an allograft-cemented stem com | |||
| Jul 26, 2010 – SOURCE: Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity | |||
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Androgens and osteoporosis | |
| PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The review is timely given recent advances regarding mechanisms of androgen action on bone cells and in humans. Osteoporosis in men is an important public health problem. An improved understanding of the role of androgens in the pathoph | |||
