In osteoporotic Japanese women undergoing spinal deformity surgery, adjacent vertebral fractures were less common with teriparatide than bisphosphonates.
In plain wordsIn Japanese women with osteoporosis, adjacent spine fractures after surgery were less common with teriparatide than bisphosphonates.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseAdjacent vertebral fractures
- Study
n = 58
- Comparator
- Low-dose bisphosphonates
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Adjacent vertebral fractures and implant failure, fusion failure, and poor pain and ODI outcomes were significantly more common in the bisphosphonates group than the teriparatide group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Fifty-eight osteoporotic adult Japanese female patients were enrolled and assigned to perioperative teriparatide (33 patients) and bisphosphonate (25 patients) groups in non-blinded fashion.
Pre- and post-operative X-ray and computed tomography imaging were used to assess outcome, and rates were compared between the groups and according to age.
Pain scores and Oswestry Disability Indices (ODI) were calculated before and 2 years after surgery.