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Do you use FRAX score or BMD scores to determine whether patients with primary hyperparathyroidism would benefit from parathyroidectomy to reduce fracture risk?

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Endocrinology · Stanford Health Care

I use FRAX for all patients. Basing a diagnosis of osteoporosis simply by a patient having one T-score >2.5 SD below the mean of young normal persons diagnoses only 1/3 of women older than 50 who experience a fracture of the spine, hip or wrist. FRAX uses femoral neck BMD values, as well as other re...

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Do you use FRAX score or BMD scores to determine whether patients with primary hyperparathyroidism would benefit from parathyroidectomy to reduce fracture risk? | Mednet