Open AccessOsteoporotic profiles in elderly patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal canal stenosis
Author(s) -
Byung Ho Lee,
Seong Hwan Moon,
Ho-Joong Kim,
Hwan Mo Lee,
So Yeon Kim
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.96379
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopenia , osteoporosis , bone mineral , physical therapy , surgery
The osteoporosis and lumbar canal stenosis, in elderly patients are under diagnosed and under reported. We report a cross sectional study to demonstrate the osteoporotic profile in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and to determine the proportion of patients with LSS who need to be treated for osteoporosis.