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ArticleAsian spine journal2017

Does Discontinuing Teriparatide Treatment and Replacing It with Bisphosphonate Maintain the Volume of the Bone Fusion Mass after Lumbar Posterolateral Fusion in Women with Postmenopausal Osteoporosis?

Seiji Ohtori, Sumihisa Orita, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Yawara Eguchi, Yasuchika Aoki, Junichi Nakamura, Miyako Suzuki, Gou Kubota, Kazuhide Inage, Yasuhiro Shiga and 7 more

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Article in Asian spine journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Abaloparatide and the Spine: A Narrative Review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020
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  4. Anabolic agents: what is beyond osteoporosis?Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018
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17 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seiji OhtoriDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Sumihisa OritaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Kazuyo YamauchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yawara EguchiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yasuchika AokiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Junichi NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Miyako SuzukiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Gou KubotaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Kazuhide InageDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Yasuhiro ShigaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Koki AbeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Kazuki FujimotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Hirohito KanamotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Masahiro InoueDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Hideyuki KinoshitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Takeo FuruyaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Masao KodaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
Chiba University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

STUDY

designRetrospective case series. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether discontinuing teriparatide treatment and replacing it with bisphosphonate treatment maintains the volume of the fusion mass after posterolateral fusion (PLF) in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: Clinical data support the efficacy of parathyroid hormone (PTH) for lumbar PLF. However, the use of PTH is limited to 2 years.

methodsWe treated 19 women diagnosed with osteoporosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis with teriparatide (20 µg daily subcutaneously). All patients underwent one-level instrumented PLF. Teriparatide was used during 2 months prior to surgery and more than 8 months after surgery. After discontinuing teriparatide treatment, all patients used bisphosphonate (17.5 mg risedronate weekly, oral administration). Area of the fusion mass across the transverse processes at one segment was determined on an anteroposterior radiograph at 1, 2, and 3 years after surgery.

resultsWe followed 19 patients for 3 years. The average duration of teriparatide treatment was 11.5 months. The bone union rate was 95%. The average area of the bone fusion mass was not significantly different between the right and left sides at 1, 2, or 3 years after surgery (

conclusionsThis study showed that replacing teriparatide treatment with bisphosphonate maintained the bone fusion mass volume after PLF in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis.

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FusionLumbarOsteoporosisSpineSurgeryTeriparatide

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