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01-12-2011 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: The Effect of Long-term Alendronate Treatment on Cortical Thickness of the Proximal Femur

Authors: Joyce S. B. Koh, FRCS Ed(Orth), Alvin C. M. Ng, MRCP, Meng Ai Png, FRCR, Tet Sen Howe, FRCS

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 12/2011

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Burghardt AJ, Kazakia GJ, Sode M, de Papp AE, Link TM, Majumdar S. A longitudinal HR-pQCT study of alendronate treatment in postmenopausal women with low bone density: relations among density, cortical and trabecular microarchitecture, biomechanics, and bone turnover. J Bone Miner Res. 2010; 25:2558–2571.PubMedCrossRef

Goh SK, Yang KY, Koh JS, Wong MK, Chua SY, Chua DT, Howe TS. Subtrochanteric insufficiency fractures in patients on alendronate therapy: a caution. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2007;89:349–353.PubMedCrossRef

Koh JS, Goh SK, Png MA, Kwek EB, Howe TS. Femoral cortical stress lesions in long-term bisphosphonate therapy: a herald of impending fracture? J Orthop Trauma. 2010;24:75–81.PubMedCrossRef

Koh JS, Goh SK, Png MA, Ng AC, Howe TS. Distribution of atypical fractures and cortical stress lesions in the femur: implications on pathophysiology. Singapore Med J. 2011;52:77–80.PubMed

Kwek EB, Goh SK, Koh JS, Png MA, Howe TS. An emerging pattern of subtrochanteric stress fractures: a long-term complication of alendronate therapy? Injury. 2008;39:224–231.PubMedCrossRef

Lenart BA, Neviaser AS, Lyman S, Chang CC, Edobor-Osula F, Steele B, van der Meulen MC, Lorich DG, Lane JM. Association of low-energy femoral fractures with prolonged bisphosphonate use: a case control study. Osteoporos Int. 2009;20:1353–1362.PubMedCrossRef

Shane E, Burr D, Ebeling PR, Abrahamsen B, Adler RA, Brown TD, Cheung AM, Cosman F, Curtis JR, Dell R, Dempster D, Einhorn TA, Genant HK, Geusens P, Klaushofer K, Koval K, Lane JM, McKiernan F, McKinney R, Ng A, Nieves J, O’Keefe R, Papapoulos S, Sen HT, van der Meulen MC, Weinstein RS, Whyte M; American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Atypical subtrochanteric and diaphyseal femoral fractures: report of a task force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (Erratum in J Bone Miner Res.). 2011;26:1987. J Bone Miner Res. 2010;25:2267–2294.

Unnanuntana A, Ashfaq K, Ton QV, Kleimeyer JP, Lane JM. The effect of long-term alendronate treatment on cortical thickness of the proximal femur. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011 Jul 20. [Epub ahead of print].

Title: Letter to the Editor: The Effect of Long-term Alendronate Treatment on Cortical Thickness of the Proximal Femur
Authors: Joyce S. B. Koh, FRCS Ed(Orth)
Alvin C. M. Ng, MRCP
Meng Ai Png, FRCR
Tet Sen Howe, FRCS
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 12/2011
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2129-y

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