Prevalence and risk factors of undetected osteoporosis in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery
Objectives: The purpose of this study is to analyze the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients undergoing lumbar fusion surgery (LFS) for degenerative conditions, to determine the proportion of undiagnosed osteoporosis, and to identify risk factors to guide preoperative bone mineral density [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]
Institutions
- Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3205/24dkou268
- Primary Topic
- Bone health and osteoporosis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00