P40. Teriparatide treatment improves bone quality in the vertebral body out of proportion to the pedicles and lamina of the lumbosacral spine as measured by Hounsfield units

Teriparatide treatment has been used to improve bone quality when considering spinal fusion surgery in patients with osteoporosis. This treatment has been shown to improve Hounsfield units (HU), a standardized measurement for radio density that can be obtained on CT scans, in lumbar vertebral bodies but its effect on other anatomic structures within the lumbosacral spine is unknown.

Source: The Spine Journal - August 23, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Anthony L. Mikula, Ryan M. Naylor, Jeffery D. St. Jeor, Jeremy L. Fogelson, Annalise N. Larson, Ahmad N. Nassr, Brett A. Freedman, Arjun S. Sebastian, Bradford L. Currier, Mohamad Bydon, Michael J. Yaszemski, Benjamin D. Elder Source Type: research