In a woman with delayed atypical femoral fracture union after fixation, bilateral union occurred after 3 months of weekly teriparatide.
In plain wordsIn a woman with surgically fixed atypical femoral fractures, both fractures united after 3 months of weekly teriparatide.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- Not applicableBilateral femoral fracture union
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
Source sentences
Union of bilateral femurs was achieved after 3 months of a once-weekly administration of TPTD.
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The authors describe a case of AFFs successfully treated with once-weekly administration of 56.5 μg teriparatide (TPTD).
The patient was a 74-year-old female patient who had been taking alendronate for approximately 6 years and who suffered with a fall while walking.
The patient underwent osteosynthesis with intramedullary nailing for the right fracture.
Prophylactic osteosynthesis was performed for the subtrochanteric left femur.
In this study, Teriparatide (PTH 1-34) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Teriparatide (PTH 1-34).