In a postmenopausal woman with an unhealed atypical femoral fracture, radiographic fracture closure occurred after 1 month of teriparatide.
In plain wordsIn one postmenopausal woman, the unhealed femoral fracture closed after teriparatide treatment.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseRadiographic fracture closure
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg/d · 1 monthAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
In case 3, after 1 month on teriparatide 20 μg/d, a radiographic closure of the fracture was achieved, and 3 months later serum osteocalcin and serum β-carboxyterminal telopeptide had increased by 300 and 22%, respectively.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We studied three postmenopausal women with a diagnosis of osteoporosis who suffered fractures of the subtrochanteric region and femoral diaphysis with no major trauma while on long-term use of bisphosphonates.