Abstract
Prevalence of Vertebral Body Deformities According to Genant's Classification in Patients with Non-Traumatic Lumbar or Dorsal Acute Pain
Highlights
The clinical assessment of patients with suspect of postmenopausal osteoporosis includes a radiographic evaluation of the dorsal and lumbar skeleton in order to establish the presence or absence of vertebral body collapses [1,2]
Patients who consulted due to dorsal non-traumatic pain had a mean age of 75.3 Standard Deviation (SD) 4.1-years-old
Patients who consulted due to non-traumatic lumbar pain had a mean age of 78.1 SD 5.2-years-old (P < 0.001)
Summary
The clinical assessment of patients with suspect of postmenopausal osteoporosis includes a radiographic evaluation of the dorsal and lumbar skeleton in order to establish the presence or absence of vertebral body collapses [1,2]. Despite the existence of many methods of quantification, the traditional semiquantitative classification method developed by Genant, et al is still one of the most popular and accepted for establishing the presence of vertebral body collapse [5,6]. Body deformities allows a reproducible and easy way to classify vertebral collapses. Mild grade of deformity is still considered a controversial finding when assessing a patient at risk of osteoporosis fracture due to its relationship with degenerative processes such as osteoarthritis in both genders [7,8]. Decisions about therapeutic interventions on such patients are made only with grade II or III spinal body wedges
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