Articles tagged "Bone"

2016 American Transplant Congress
The Burden and Outcomes of Fractures in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
N. Atagu, T. Nguyen, N. Phan, O. Famure, Y. Li, J. Kim.
Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background: Kidney transplantation confers an increased risk for bone fractures. However, there is poor consensus on the incidence of fractures in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs),…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Denosumab Prevents Bone Mineral Density Loss in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.
M. Bonani,¹ D. Frey,² J. Brockmann,³ T. Fehr,¹ T. Müller,¹ N. Graf,⁴ R. Wüthrich.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ²Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ³Division of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ⁴Graf Biostatistics, Winterthur, Switzerland.
Background: Kidney transplantation is associated with bone loss and an increased risk of fracture. Since current therapeutic options to prevent bone loss are limited we…
2015 American Transplant Congress
Fracture Incidence in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients
K. Naylor,^1,2 S. Jamal,³ G. Zou,¹ E. McArthur,⁴ N. Lam,^1,2 W. Leslie,⁵ A. Hodsman,² J. Kim,^4,6 G. Knoll,⁷ L.-A. Fraser,¹ J. Adachi,⁸ A. Garg.^1,2,4
¹Western University, London, ON, Canada; ²London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada; ³Women's College Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; ⁴Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada; ⁵University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; ⁶University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; ⁷Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; ⁸McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Background: It remains uncertain whether kidney transplant recipients are a high risk group for fracture. We conducted this study to provide a precise estimate of…