• Archives of osteoporosis · Dec 2017

    Lower preoperative Hounsfield unit values are associated with intra-operative fractures in cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty.

    • Seung-Ju Kim, Hyun-Soo Park, Dong-Woo Lee, and Jong Hun Kim.
    • Department of Orthopaedics, Hanil General Hospital, 308 Uicheon-ro, Dobong-Gu, Seoul, 132-703, South Korea. sju627@hotmail.com.
    • Arch Osteoporos. 2017 Dec 7; 12 (1): 110.

    AbstractThe use of Hounsfield units (HU) from CT scanning to assess regional BMD has been described. Therefore, we evaluated whether HU could be used to identify osteoporosis of the proximal part of the femur. The results showed that HU assessment is associated with the presence of intra-operative fracture during arthroplasty.

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