After instrumented fusion for osteoporotic vertebral fractures, subsequent fractures occurred in 16% with teriparatide versus 54% without it.
In plain wordsAfter spinal fusion for osteoporotic fractures, teriparatide was linked to fewer subsequent vertebral fractures than no teriparatide.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseSubsequent vertebral fracture incidence
- Study
n = 47
- Comparator
- No teriparatide
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Subsequent vertebral fracture incidence
- 16%
- teriparatide group
- Subsequent vertebral fracture incidence
- 54%
- non-teriparatide group
Source sentences
The occurrence of subsequent VFs was lower in the TP group than in the non-TP group (16% vs. 54%, p=0.014).
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Retrospective case review.
Overall, 47 patients who underwent long-instrumented fusion surgery (≥3 levels) for OVFs with neurological deficits between 2010 and 2013 were enrolled.
TP was used for 19 patients who comprised the TP group.