In patients after knee arthroplasty, teriparatide increased adjusted posterior condyle BMD relative to controls at 6 months.
In plain wordsIn patients after knee replacement, teriparatide increased posterior condyle bone density compared with controls at 6 months.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreasePosterior condyle BMD at 6 months
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- TKA control group
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
As a result of adjusting the difference between the BMDs of the 2 groups at initiation, there was a significant increase in R3 (posterior condyle) and R4 (lateral) at 6 months.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Twenty-two knees in 17 patients were included in this study, and a control group of patients who underwent TKA was identified according to their medical records.