This document provides an overview of metabolic bone diseases with a focus on osteoporosis and Paget's disease. It discusses the clinical approach including history, physical exam, radiological investigations like DXA scans and lab tests. Risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical features and treatment options for osteoporosis like bisphosphonates, teriparatide, and denosumab are explained. Surgical considerations for patients with osteoporosis are also covered. Paget's disease is defined and its etiology, pathophysiology, clinical signs, complications and treatment are summarized. Key references on the diagnosis and management of metabolic bone diseases are listed.
11. DEXA
Advantages
High Accuracy
Radiation dose to patient
low
Radiation to Technician
low
Takes only about 20 min
Limitations
Cant differentiate Cortical
or Trabecular Bone
Bone spurs (OA) falsely
increase bone density
14. • Abnormally low bone mass with defects in
bone structure leading to
• Fragile
• greater than normal risk of fracture
15. WHO definition
Bone Mineral Density (BMD) 2.5 SD or more below the average
value for young healthy adult (T score <-2.5 )
CLASSIFICATION T- SCORE
NORMAL
-1 AND ABOVE
OSTEOPENIA
-2.5 TO -1
OSTEOPOROSIS
LESS THAN -2.5
16. T- Score Z - Score
No. of SD the BMD is above or
below the mean for young
normal individual
No. of SD the BMD is above or
below the mean for a age and
sex matched reference
population
17. EPIDEMIOLOGY
• 200 million people worldwide have osteoporosis
• In Nepal, prevalence of osteoporosis 22.4%
18. DEMOGRAPHICS
• Male : Female ratio is 1:4
Low Peak Bone Mass
Hormonal changes after menopause
• Men have a higher prevalence of secondary
osteoporosis
24. Risk Factors
Modifiable Risk Factors
Inadequate nutritional
absorption
Lack of physical activity
Underweight
(BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 )
Cigarette Smoking
Alcohol Consumption
>14U/wk in women
>21U/wk in men
Vitamin D Deficiency
25. Risk Factors
Non-modifiable Risk Factors
Advancing age
Sex White race
Previous hip fractures
Family history of
osteoporosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
27. • In young adults:
– Resorbed bone replaced by equal amount of new
bone tissue
• After age 30–45:
– resorption slowly exceeds formation (exaggerated in
postmenopausal women)
28. • Loss of estrogen
– increases production of Receptor Activator of Nuclear
Factor-ќβ Ligand (RANKL)
– Decreased production of osteoprotegerin
increases osteoclast activation and resorption
33. SINGH’S INDEX
Developed by Dr. Manmohan Singh (1970,
JBJS)
As osteoporosis progresses trabeculae get
thinner and disappear
34. Five trabecular types can be present in the proximal
part of the femur:
1. principal compression
2. secondary compression
3. primary tensile
4. secondary tensile
5. intertrochanteric
41. LAB INVESTIGATIONS
DIAGNOSIS Investigate Secondary
Causes
Dual Energy Xray
Absorptiometry (DEXA)
Scan
(Gold Standard )
Others: (FDA Approved)
Quantitative CT
Quantitative Ultrasound
Liver Function Tests
Renal Function Tests
Thyroid Function Tests
Serum Vitamin D
Serum / 24 Hr Urine Calcium
Urine Bence jones protein
/Bone Biopsy
42. Indications for BMD measurement
(The International Society for Clinical
Densitometry)
• Women ≥ 65 years and Men ≥ 70 years
• Adults > 50 years with Risk Factors
• Adults with fragility fracture
• Anyone being considered for pharmacological
therapy for osteoporosis
43. DEXA
Dual Energy Xray Absorptiometry
• GOLD Standard for
measuring BMD
• High Accuracy
• Sites to be examined in
DEXA :
Femoral Neck
Lumbar Spine
44. DEXA
• 2 photons with different attenuation profiles produced
• Patient positioning : Supine with hip Flexed
45. DEXA
Advantages
High Accuracy
Low Radiation Dose to
patient
Very little Scatter
Radiation to Technician
Takes only about 20 min
Limitations
Cant differentiate Cortical
or Trabecular Bone
Bone spurs (OA) falsely
increase bone density
46. Quantitative CT
• Sensitivity of upto 85% and a specificity of 89%
• The detection rate for osteoporosis : 10.9% for DEXA
and 45.1% for QCT
47. Quantitative CT
Advantages
Geometry of bone (
spatial distribution of
bone mass )
Bone Density + Bone mass
Existing previous CT can
be used
Limitations
High Radiation dose
Expensive
54. DOC for osteoporosis treatment
Reduce the incidence of
new vertebral fractures by up to 50%
hip fractures by 40%
BISPHOSPHONATES
55. DRUG DOSE ROUTE FREQUENCY
Alendronate 10 mg daily or 70
mg once weekly
ORAL ONCE DAILY /
WEEKLY
Risedronate 5 mg daily or 35 mg
weekly
ORAL ONCE DAILY OR
WEEKLY
Ibandronate 150 mg monthly ORAL / I.V ONCE A MONTH
ORALLY/ ONCE
EVERY 3 MONTHS
I.V
Zoledronic
acid
5 mg
(pre and post
Hydration )
I.V INFUSION ONCE A YEAR
65. Use of Load Sharing Devices than Load
bearing device
Use of Wide Buttress Plates
Longer Nails and Plates
Use of Locking Screws
Augmentation by Bone cement or Bone
grafts
76. Reference
• Apley & Solomon's System of Orthopaedics and
Trauma – 10e
• Harrison Principle of Internal medicine 21e
• Review article : Diagnosis and Treatment of
Osteoporosis: What Orthopaedic Surgeons Need to
Know
– Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
2019
• Review article : Diagnosis and Treatment of
Osteoporosis
– Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement / European
Journal of Rheumatology 2017
Editor's Notes
Osteoporosis – Elderly/ Post menopausal
Rickets : Children (before fusion of physes )
Osteomalacia : Adults (After fusion of Physes)
Primary hyperparathyroidism : Middle aged men and women
Pagets Disease : >55 years
Osteoporosis - M: F ratio 1:4
Primary Hyperparathyroidism – M:F ratio 1:2
Pagets Disease : Equal incidence
Loosers zone :
indentation of the acetabula producing the trefoil or champagne glass pelvis;
Widening of physis , Flaring of Metaphyses
subperiosteal cortical resorption of the middle phalanges. Hyperparathyroidism
GOLD Standard for measuring BMD
High Accuracy
2 photons with different attenuation profiles produced
Photo from Metabolic Bone disease Springer
k. DXA utilizes ionizing radiation with photon beams of two different energy levels, resulting in a 2- D projection of the bone and soft tissue that is visualized on a computer monitor. The difference in attenuation of the photon beams passing through body tissues with variable composition provides a quantitative measurement of areal BMD in grams per square centimeter (g/cm2).
The more dense the bones (from greater mineral content), the more energy is absorbed, and the less energy detected
Is made up two words osteo and porosis
A clinical disorder characterized by abnormally low bone mass and defects in bone structure, a combination which renders the bone unusually fragile and at greater than normal risk of fracture in a person of that age, sex and race
harrison
Compares a persons BMD with young healthy adult age 30
Compares a person’s BMD with a person of same gender and sex
2019 Nepjol S Bagudai
By the end of bone growth, mean bone mass is about 5–10% greater in young men than in young women, due mainly to increased appositional bone formation when androgen levels rise after puberty
Osteoporotic fractures in men under 60 years of age should arouse the suspicion of some underlying disorder – notably hypogonadism, metastatic bone disease, multiple myeloma, liver disease, renal hypercalciuria, alcohol abuse, malabsorption disorder, malnutrition, glucocorticoid medication or anti-gonadal hormone treatment for prostate cancer.
most fractures, especially those of the hip and vertebrae, show exponential increases with advancing age : harrison
(delayed puberty
low bone mass
that persists into adulthood)
ppi
Asian race
(postmenopausal women)
Remodelling
Bone remodelling serves several crucial purposes: ‘old bone’ is continually replaced by ‘new bone’ and in this way the skeleton is protected from the excess accumulation of fatigue damage and the risk of stress failure;
Pain kasto
Stress fracture
Codfish vertebra
Compression fractures of the vertebral bodies
Loss of trabecular definition
Thinning of the cortices
wedging or compression of the vertebral end plates
Codfish vertebra
Classified Xrays of Hip
Based on the visibility of the trabecular types seen in the femoral neck
Photo from Metabolic Bone disease Springer
k. DXA utilizes ionizing radiation with photon beams of two different energy levels, resulting in a 2- D projection of the bone and soft tissue that is visualized on a computer monitor. The difference in attenuation of the photon beams passing through body tissues with variable composition provides a quantitative measurement of areal BMD in grams per square centimeter (g/cm2).
The more dense the bones (from greater mineral content), the more energy is absorbed, and the less energy detected
Measures precise Volumetric bone mineral density
Separate BMD measurement for Trabecular and cortical bone
Developed by WHO
Predicts 10 year probability of
major osteoporotic fractures
Hip, vertebrae, humerus, wrist
Both resistance and balance training
HARRISON
Patrick AR, Brookhart MA, Losina E, et al. The complex relation between bisphosphonate adherence and fracture reduction. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010;95(7):3251–59. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-2778.
A, R I, Z for post menopausal
ARZ for glucocorticoid induced
Inhibit Osteoclast
Alendronate : Inhibiting ATP in osteoclasts Apoptosis of Osteoclasts
Risedronate/ Zolendronate :
Inhibit Mevalonate pathway (cholesterol synthesis ) enzyme farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase no maturation of Osteoclasts Apoptosis of Osteoclasts
(usually follows a dental procedure in whichh bone is exposed )
(overall risk low compared to the number of hip fractures saved by these therapies)
Fully human monoclonal antibody to RANKL
Binds to RANKL, inhibiting its ability to initiate formation of mature osteoclasts from osteoclast
Only drug that improves Bone Architecture (Both Trabecular and Cortical )
Hypercalcemia
Gout
Thereby bone holding capacity of implant is reduced
Excess bone destruction and unorganized bone formation
Localized sites of increased bone turnover
Enlargement and thickening of the bone
Internal architecture is abnormal
Unusually brittle bone
Viral infections
Pollutions
SQTM1
Large Resorption Filled With Vascular Fibrous Tissues
Adjacent Area Osteoblastic Activity
Involves Both Periosteum And Endosteum
Increased Bone Thickness
Thickened Bone Becomes Increasingly Sclerotic And Brittle
Age Group : >50yrs of age
Sex : M=F
Deformity
Anterior Tibial Bow
Anterolateral Femoral Bow
Head enlarged
Osteitis Deformans (The limb looks bent and feels thick, and the skin is unduly warm - hence the term ‘osteitis deformans’. )
Bent Limb, Thick Bone, Warm Skin
Skull Base Flattenig
Short Neck
Cranial Nerve Compression
Steal Syndrome
Spinal Claudication
circumscribed patch of osteoporosis in the skull (osteoporosis circumscripta)
Stress fractures in tibia and fibula
Fracture Fixation
Nerve decompression
Arthroplasty For Severe And Painful Osteoarthritis