Artigo Revisado por pares

Fragility spinal fractures among cirrhotic liver transplant candidates in Croatia

2023; Elsevier BV; Volume: 55; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.injury.2023.111171

ISSN

1879-0267

Autores

Andrija Jurina, Valentina Delimar, Zlatko Giljević, Tajana Filipec Kanižaj, Andro Matković, Dinko Vidović, Nikolina Jurjević, Vinko Vidjak, Željko Duić, Mario Ćuk, Mladen Japjec, Tomislav Dujmović, Andrea Radeljak, M.M. Kardum Paro, Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Mario Starešinić,

Tópico(s)

Bone health and treatments

Resumo

Existing data on fragility spinal fractures prevalence in liver transplant candidates are scarce and inconsistent. This may be due to other comorbidities, besides hepatic osteodystrophy (HO), that contribute to bone loss and fragility fracture prevalence in chronic liver disease (CLD).

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