Professional paper

Directing patients to densitometry in physiatric surgeries

Davorin Šakić
Olga Badovinac
Alboran Delija
Ivan Šantek
Vjekoslava Amerl-Šakić

Abstract

The purpose of this two-year prospective study, which was conducted in four physiatric surgeries, was the comparsion of quantity and T-values of densitometry in patients, and quantity and localization of fractures after a minimal traumatic incident in relation with border T-value for osteoporosis. Female patients were more frequently sent to densitometry than male patients (92,64% : 7,36%). Patients older than 65 were slightly more often represented than the younger ones (51,39% : 48,61%). We observed fracture of the vertebra in the group with osteoporosis almost three times more often than in the group with osteopenia. In relation with the border T-score, that is -2,5 SD, other fractures, after minimal traumatic incidents, were slightly more common in osteoporotic patients than in those with osteopenia (57,14% : 42,86%). The frequency of 110 fractures in 503 densitometries in this study, or 21,87%, is slightly higher than the European average, but it is still within the limits of the world average (20-25%).

Keywords

densitometry; physiatric surgeries

Hrčak ID:

10722

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/10722

Publication date:

20.1.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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