After spinal deformity surgery, hip BMD increased with teriparatide but decreased in controls, with significantly different percentage changes.
In plain wordsAfter spinal deformity surgery, hip bone density increased with teriparatide but decreased without it.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseHip BMD
- Study
n = 76
- Comparator
- No teriparatide
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 6 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Hip BMD
- 0.721 g/cm2
- TP group, baseline
- Hip BMD
- 0.771 g/cm2
- TP group, after 6 months
- Hip BMD
- 0.759 g/cm2
- control group, baseline
- Hip BMD
- 0.729 g/cm2
- control group, after 6 months
Source sentences
After 6 months of treatment, mean hip-bone mineral density (BMD) increased from 0.721 to 0.771 g/cm2 in the TP group and decreased from 0.759 to 0.729 g/cm2 in the control group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
This percent BMD change between groups was significant (p < 0.05).
Forty-three patients who started TP therapy immediately after surgery and 33 patients who did not receive TP were enrolled in this prospective case series.
These patients were female, over 50, surgically treated for ASD, and followed for at least 2 years.