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Efficacy of risedronate in improving bone mineral density in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Jing Su, Yi Wei, Xiao Ming Li, Yan-Ping Diao, Huai-Gang Liu, Liang Zhang

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Synthesis in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The growing burden of periprosthetic fractures after total hip arthroplasty: identifying overall trends and at-risk groups.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  3. Osteoporosis is not associated with increased reoperation or fracture risk three years after total ankle arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  5. Innate Immune Response in Orthopedic Implant Failure.Journal of orthopaedics and sports medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jing SuDepartment of Hematology.
Yi WeiDepartment of Hematology.
Xiao Ming LiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine.
Yan-Ping DiaoDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Huai-Gang LiuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Shandong Province Jinan City Zhangqiu District People's Hospital, Jinan, Shandong.
Liang ZhangDepartment of Sports Medicine, Hong Hui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University College of Medicine, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Zhangqiu City People's Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRisedronate is widely used in the therapy of osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. This meta-analysis was aimed to assess whether administration risedronate could increase the bone mineral density (BMD) in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA).

methodsElectronic databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Chinese Wanfang database were searched for all relevant studies. Inclusion criterion was that patients prepared for THA and use risedronate as intervention group and placebo as control group. BMD change in Gruen zone 1 and 7 were primary outcomes. Meta-analysis was performed using Stata 12.0 software.

resultsSix RCTs were finally included in this meta-analysis. Compared with control group, risedronate has a beneficial role in increasing BMD in Gruzen 1, 2 6, and 7 at 3 months (P < .05). Oral risedronate has a beneficial role in preservation of BMD in all of the Gruen zones at 6 and 12 months (P < .05). Moreover, oral risedronate could significantly increase the Harris hip scores and bone alkaline phosphatase than control group (P < .05).

conclusionOral risedronate has an effect on the preservation of periprosthetic BMD in proximal regions (Gruen zone 1, 2, 3, and 7) at 3 months and all of the regions at 6 and 12 months after THA.

Indexed as

Arthroplasty, Replacement, HipBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRisedronic AcidBone Density Conservation AgentsRisedronic Acid

Identifiers

PMID30572438
PMCPMC6320077
OpenAlexW2906172447

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