Comment on Xue et al.: Alendronate treatment improves bone–pedicle screw interface fixation in posterior lateral spine fusion: an experimental study in a porcine model
| Autor: | Qingyun Xue, Xuenong Zou, Haisheng Li, Finn B. Christensen, Martin Lind, Michel Dalstra, Cody Bünger |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty Bone disease Swine medicine.medical_treatment Osteoporosis Bone Screws Dentistry Lumbar vertebrae Graft Survival/drug effects Spinal Fusion/methods Lumbar Vertebrae/drug effects Osseointegration Bone resorption Bone remodeling Fixation (surgical) Alendronate/pharmacology medicine Animals Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Bone Density Conservation Agents/pharmacology Letter to the Editor Bone mineral Original Paper Bone Transplantation Lumbar Vertebrae Alendronate Bone Density Conservation Agents business.industry Graft Survival Osseointegration/drug effects Biomechanics medicine.disease equipment and supplies musculoskeletal system Surgery Biomechanical Phenomena Equipment Failure Analysis Disease Models Animal surgical procedures operative medicine.anatomical_structure Spinal Fusion Spinal fusion Orthopedic surgery Female business |
| Zdroj: | Xue, Q, Li, H, Zou, X, Dalstra, M, Lind, M, Christensen, F B & Bünger, C 2010, ' Alendronate treatment improves bone-pedicle screw interface fixation in posterior lateral spine fusion: An experimental study in a porcine model ', International Orthopaedics, vol. 34, pp. 447-451 . Xue, Q, Li, H, Zou, X, Dalstra, M, Lind, M, Christensen, F B & Bünger, C 2010, ' Alendronate treatment improves bone-pedicle screw interface fixation in posterior lateral spine fusion : an experimental study in a porcine model ', International Orthopaedics, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 447-51 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-009-0759-4 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00264-009-0759-4 |
| Popis: | We read the article entitled “Alendronate treatment improves bone–pedicle screw interface fixation in posterior lateral spine fusion: an experimental study in a porcine model” by Qingyun Xue et al. with great interest [1]. The purpose of the research was to investigate whether alendronate treatment improves bone–pedicle screw interface fixation in posterior lateral spine fusion. We would like to thank the authors for their innovative and encouraging paper, but we have some concerns about the safety profile of alendronate. The authors advocated wider use of alendronate based on the properties of bisphosphonates for reduction of bone remodelling by inhibition of osteoclastic activity. Normal bone remodelling is linked to new bone formation by the so-called coupling phenomenon. The most effective approach to prevent implant loosening would be to have a positive balance between bone formation and resorption in the active bone-remodelling time period. Alendronate treatment could protect the bone structure from extra resorption while maintaining the bone volume around the screw surface. In fact, prolonged suppression of bone remodelling with alendronate may be associated with a new form of insufficiency fracture of femur [2]. The fracture rate is higher in long-term use than during the first year of therapy, suggesting possible adverse effects on bone [3]. Alendronate inhibits bone resorption by suppressing activity of osteoclasts, and inducing them to undergo apoptosis. While this leads to an increase in bone mineral density (BMD) of patients with osteoporosis, treatment with alendronate has been shown to reduce bone turnover. In humans prolonged administration of bisphosphonates can lead to development of osteopetrosis or marble bone disease [4]. Keeping the above-mentioned facts in mind, authors must warn the orthopaedic community about liberal use of alendronate. |
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