Osteoporosis in brazilian patients awaiting knee arthroplasty

• Autor(a) principal: Sadigursky,David
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Barretto Junior,Luiz Alberto, Lobão,Diogo Maciel Vieira, Carneiro,Rogério Jamil Fernandes, Colavolpe,Paulo Oliveira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Acta Ortopédica Brasileira (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-78522017000300074
• topic: Osteoporosis; Climacteric; Arthroplasty

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia prior to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in female patients. As a secondary objective, we evaluated the incidence of hip fractures, types of drugs to treat osteoporosis and serum vitamin D levels. METHOD: This is a transversal, descriptive and observational study which evaluated 60 women above age 55 prior to total knee replacement. RESULTS: Mean patient age was 71.4 years. Osteoporosis was present in 16.7% of the sample and osteopenia in 15%. In the patients with osteoporosis, femur fracture (20%) was most frequent. Most of the group with osteopenia did not take any medication to treat this condition (55.6%), while most patients with osteoporosis took alendronate (30%) and 30% did not take any medication. CONCLUSION: The female population awaiting total knee replacement should be considered at risk for osteoporosis, confirming recent findings in the literature. Level of Evidence III, Control Case Study.