Osteonecrosis of the jaw and bisphosphonate treatment for osteoporosis
NULL Bone. published online 04 March 2008 Rizzoli R. Abstract A potential side effect associated with bisphosphonates, a class of drugs used in the treatment of osteoporosis, Paget’s disease and metastatic bone disease, is osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ). The incidence of ONJ in the general population is unknown; this rare condition also may occur […]
An emerging pattern of subtrochanteric stress fractures: A long-term complication of alendronate therapy?
NULL Injury. 2008 Feb;39(2):224-31. Epub 2008 Jan 28. Kwek EB, Goh SK, Koh JS, Png MA, Howe TS. BACKGROUND: Subtrochanteric insufficiency fractures in post-menopausal patients have not been commonly reported in the literature. A recent increase in the incidence of such fractures occurring in patients while on alendronate therapy led us to conduct a retrospective […]
Does Calcium Supplementation, with or without Vitamin D, Reduce Bone Loss and Fractures in Older Adults?
NULL The Medscape Medical Minute George D. Lundberg, MD This is The Medscape Medical Minute. I’m Dr. George Lundberg. We know that men and women over the age of 50 are prone to osteoporosis and increased risk of fractures. A group of investigators from New South Wales in Australia applied the tools of meta-analysis to […]
Osteoporosis y metabolismo óseo en mujeres postmenopáusicas con osteoartritis.
«Osteoporosis y metabolismo óseo en mujeres postmenopáusicas con osteoartritis de la mano.» Zoli, Angelo MD 1; Lizzio, Marco M. MD 1; Capuano, Anna MD 1; Massafra, Umberto MD 1; Barini, Angela MD 2; Ferraccioli, Gianfranco MD 1 Abstract: Objective: Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis are two major health problems affecting postmenopausal women. Epidemiological observations seem to demonstrate […]
Efecto de infliximab en los marcadores metabólicos óseos en pacientes…(I)
«Efecto de infliximab en los marcadores metabólicos óseos en pacientes con artritis reumatoide.» Torikai E, Kageyama Y, Takahashi M, Suzuki M, Ichikawa T, Nagafusa T, Nagano A. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate urinary excretion of N-telopeptide of type I collagen […]
Anatomía de la braquioradialisis distal y relación con fractura de radio…(I)
«Anatomía de la braquioradialisis distal y su potencial relación con la fractura de radio distal.» Shukuki Koh MDa, Clark R. Andersen BS, William L. Buford, Jr PhD, Rita M. Patterson PhD and Steven F. Viegas MDb, , aDepartment of Hand Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan bDepartment of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of […]
Nueva indicación del risedronato para la prevención de la osteoporosis…(Ing.)
«Nueva indicación del risedronato para la prevención de la osteoporosis en mujeres posmenopáusicas.» El fármaco risedronato (comercializado por Procter and Gamble como Acrel) dispone de una nueva indicación para la prevención de la osteoporosis en mujeres posmenopáusicas, además de la de tratamiento de la enfermedad, según ha informado la compañía en un comunicado. Un reciente […]
Combinación de terapias para la osteoporosis: Consideración y controversia.(In.)
Neil Binkley MD and Diane Krueger BS CDT CCRC Osteoporosis Clinical Center and Research Program, 2870 University Avenue Suite 100, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53705, USA. Abstract Combination therapy, the simultaneous use of two pharmaceutical agents with the goal being reduction of fracture risk, is an area of substantial clinical interest. This paper summarizes […]
Efecto del tratamiento con clacitonina en la microarquitectura ósea.
Estudio que analiza el efecto del tratamiento con calcitonina (CT) (200 UI) frente a placebo sobre varios parámetros de la microarquitectura ósea determinados por resonancia magnética (RM) en radio distal, fémur y calcáneo y en biopsias óseas en las que realizan estudio histomorfométrico y análisis por mCT de 91 mujeres posmenopáusicas con osteoporosis establecida. Además, […]
Mecanismos de destrucción de hueso en la artritis reumatoide. (Japonés)
Nakamura M, Tanaka S. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The University of Tokyo. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the presence of inflammatory synovitis accompanied by cartilage and bone destruction. Histological examination of RA pannus shows a number of osteoclasts on the surface of the destructed bone. RA synovial tissues produce a variety of proinflammatory cytokines […]
