Bone Abstracts

Background: It is inadequate to use the patient’s age and sex alone to estimate physicians’ workload in the primary setting. The extent to which the morbidity burden of osteoporosis patients would account of the utilization of primary care services has not been examined.Aim: We analyzed the number of face-to-face visits of osteoporosis patients visiting Danish GP clinics and aimed to assess what proportion of primary care services variation are...

Introduction: FGF3-associated hypophosphatemic rickets (HR) is a rare disorder caused by excessive renal phosphate wasting. Patients may suffer from limb deformities and low turnover femoral fractures have been described. The aim of this study is to evaluate DXA derived hip geometry of adult HR patients using hip structure analysis (HSA).Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study of HR patients (n=21) at Odense University Hospital compared to ...