The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 602-604 , July 2009

Spine surgeons survey on attitudes regarding osteoporosis and osteomalacia screening and treatment for fractures, fusion surgery, and pseudoarthrosis

Received 5 May 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2009.

References 

  1. Dipaola CP, Bible JE, Biswas D, Dipaola M, Grauer JN, Rechtine GR. Survey of spine surgeons on attitudes regardingosteoporosis and osteomalacia screening and treatment for fractures, fusion surgery, and pseudoarthrosis. Spine J. 2009;9:537–544
  2. Franco CB, Paz-Filho G, Gomes PE, et al. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is associated with osteoporosis and low levels of vitamin D. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Mar 20;[Epub ahead of print]

 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: SRG (royalties from DePuy Spine; stockholder at Spine Medica, Surgifile, Archus Orthopaedics, Biomerix, Cross Tree, Cytonics Corporation, Interventional Spine, Kyphon, Pioneer Surgical, Spinal Kinetics, SpineMark; consultant for Applied Spine Technology, Biomerix, Calcitec, Inc., Cytonics Corporation, Disc Dynamics, Exactech, Interventional Spine, Kyphon, Magnifi Group, NuVasive, Orthovita, Pioneer Surgical, Spinal Kinetics, Spine Mark, Spine Medica; speaker for Blackstone International, DePuy, EBI, Kyphon; member for scientific advisory board at Applied Spine Technology, Biomerix, Calcitec, Inc., Disc Dynamics, Kyphon, NuVasive, Spinal Kinetics, Spine Medica; and research support from Kyphon, DePuy, Inc., Synthes, EBI, Medtronics, NuVasive, Kyphon, Synthes Spine, DePuy, Medtronics, EBI, Abbott).

PII: S1529-9430(09)00216-2

doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.05.002

The Spine Journal
Volume 9, Issue 7 , Pages 602-604 , July 2009

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