QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF TRABECULAR BONE-STRUCTURE
QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSIS OF TRABECULAR BONE-STRUCTURE
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DOI:
10.1016/8756-3282(93)90139-2
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发表时间:
1993-05-01
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影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
YAMAGUCHI, K
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作者:
COMPSTON, JE;GARRAHAN, NJ;YAMAGUCHI, K
Trabecular bone structure is an important determinant of bone strength and has implications relevant to the potential of therapeutic interventions to restore bone architecture in osteoporotic disease states. Over recent years interest in this topic has been reawakened by the development of new techniques for the quantitative assessment of bone structure and their application to untreated and treated osteoporosis.At the microanatomic level two mechanisms of bone loss exist, trabecular thinning and penetration through and erosion of trabeculae; these in turn are dependent on the underlying changes in bone remodelling. Trabecular thinning is predominantly associated with low turnover states and reduced bone formation at the cellular level whilst high turnover states, with or without an increase in resorption depth, predispose to trabecular penetration and loss. The latter process leads to proportionately greater disruption of trabecular structure but the two mechanisms are to some extent interdependent, trabecular thinning eventually leading to penetration of trabeculae by resorption cavities of normal depth (Compston et al. 1989). Whilst the ability of some drugs, for example sodium fluoride and parathyroid hormone peptide, to increase trabecular thickness is well established (Briancon & Meunier 1981) the potential of currently used therapeutic regimes to restore disrupted trabecular architecture remains unproven.