Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0001pp455 | Other diseases of bone and mineral metabolism | ECTS2013

Cortical and trabecular alterations in patients with bone marrow edema of the lower limb

Zendeli Afrodite , Muschitz Christian , Kocijan Roland , Fischer Lukas , Suess Daniela , Resch Heinrich

Background: Bone marrow edema (BME) is a localised bone lesion. We hypothesize that structural bone alterations increase the susceptibility to BME. Aim of this study was to analyse bone micro structure, bone mineral density (BMD) and serum fasting bone turnover marker (BTM) values in patients with BME.Methods: We compared 14 nonosteoporotic patients (43.7±19.2 years) with atraumatic BME of lower limb to 35 age-matched healthy controls (HC). HR-pQCT ...

ba0003pp327 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2014

Baseline data of the DEVIDE-study: DEnosumab vs Intravenous Ibandronate: a 2-year retrospective head to head real life study

Amrein Karin , Muschitz Christian , Wagner Doris , Pieber Thomas R , Resch Heinrich , Dimai Hans Peter , Fahrleitner-Pammer Astrid

Introduction: Effective treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) is frequently compromised by poor adherence to short-term (≤1-monthly) medications. Aim of this study is to investigate the effect of parenteral ibandronate (IBN) compared to denosumab in a cohort of IBN pretreated PMO patients.Methods: In a retrospective analysis, a total of 808 women were treated with quarterly 3 mg IBN injections for 27+3 months and were regularly mo...