Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0005p438 | Other diseases of bone and mineral metabolism | ECTS2016

DXA in clinical practice: invest in quality to improve accuracy and clinical relevance

Dawar Hitesh , Mughlakod Vinayak , Raina Deepak , Rastogi Surbhit , Wani Jahangir , Wani Sayim

Introduction: Osteopetrosis is a disorder with diminished bone resorption due to osteoclastic abnormality resulting in hard and brittle bones. Subtrochanteric area is quite susceptible to fractures because this is an area of high stress. Operative intervention has a high rate of perioperative complications.Methods and results: We present a series of four Subtrochanteric fractures treated surgically in three patients of Osteopetrosis in a tertiary level O...