Clinical predictors of incipient vertebral fractures and bone mineral density in kidney transplant patients.

Dilek Gogas Yavuz Kadriye Aydın Tugce Apaydın Arzu Velioğlu Meral Mert Zafer Pekkolay Ergün Parmaksiz Meral Meşe Ayse Esen Pazir Emre Aydin Onur Buğdaycı Zubeyde Serhan Tuglular

Published in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2022)

As incipient vertebral fractures can be observed in patients with normal BMD levels in kidney transplant recipients, conventional X-ray screening for vertebral fractures may be beneficial for a proper therapy decision of metabolic bone disease in kidney transplant recipients.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
postmenopausal women
body composition
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
high resolution
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
stem cells
mass spectrometry
computed tomography
bone marrow
decision making