[Osteoporosis associated with spinal cord lesion].

Med Arh

Institut za fizijatriju i rehabilitaciju, Klinicki centar Univerziteta u Sarajevu, Bosna i Hercegovina.

Published: April 2008

One of the complications caused by spinal lesion is osteoporosis which development is induced by lesion itself, and its mechanism is not explained enough. Risk factor of this kind of osteoporosis is fracture which management is difficult and is cause of further complications which aggravate already damaged quality of life of patients with spinal cord injury, and demand additional health insurance expenses. Importance of prevention and treatment of spinal cord injury induced osteoporosis is enlightened by case report.

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