[Hounsfield units as a  measure of bone density-applications in spine surgery].

[Hounsfield units as a measure of bone density-applications in spine surgery]. Unfallchirurg. 2019 May 03;: Authors: Scheyerer MJ, Ullrich B, Osterhoff G, Spiegl UA, Schnake KJ, Arbeitsgruppe Osteoporotische Frakturen der Sektion Wirbelsäule der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie Abstract Despite today's good diagnostic and therapeutic options for osteoporosis, the number of unidentified cases is very high and therapy is therefore usually inadequate. Frequently, the diagnosis of osteoporosis is made only after the occurrence of a fracture. The reason for this, apart from the costs incurred as well as the additional radiation exposure of the diagnostics, is certainly the limited availability of dual energy X‑ray absorptiometry (DEXA) as well as quantitative computed tomography (q-CT). In search of an alternative technique, Hounsfield units (HU) of the clinical CT examination proved to be ground-breaking: the results of previous investigations demonstrated a reliable correlation between the T values of the DEXA measurement and the HU of the same vertebral body. Due to the widespread use of clinical CT scans of the thorax and the abdomen for a variety of indications, it is expected that the number of unidentified cases of osteoporosis can be significantly reduced-without additional costs and radiation exposure associated with osteoporosis screening. In addition to osteoporosis diagnostics, the calculated...
Source: Der Unfallchirurg - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Tags: Unfallchirurg Source Type: research