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PreOperative Bone Health Assessment in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery

Dr. Kelly Krohn gives lecture on PreOperative Bone Health Assessment in Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery

Recorded at Northern California Institute for Bone Health, on April 2018, in Annual Meeting on Skeletal Health and Osteoporosis.

Calcium Calculator

Are you getting enough calcium? The mineral calcium is essential for building and maintaining healthy bones throughout your life.

Calcium is important for preventing osteoporosis and bone disease, as it's a major building-block of our bone tissue - our skeleton houses 99 % of our body's calcium stores. The calcium in our bones also acts as a reservoir for maintaining calcium levels in the blood, which is essential for healthy nerves and muscles.

The amount of calcium we need to consume changes at different stages in our lives. Calcium requirements are high in our teenage years with the rapid growth of the skeleton. With age, the body’s ability to absorb calcium declines, which is one of the reasons why seniors also require higher amounts.

Find out whether you are getting enough of this important mineral in your daily diet, using the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) one minute Calcium Calculator

Fracture Risk Assessment

World Health Organization FRAX® Fracture Risk Assessment Tool evaluates fracture risk of patients. It is based on individual patient models that integrate the risks associated with clinical risk factors as well as bone mineral density at the femoral neck.

The FRAX® models have been developed from studying population-based cohorts from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

The FRAX® algorithms give the 10-year probability of fracture. The output is a 10-year probability of hip fracture and the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture (clinical spine, forearm, hip or shoulder fracture).

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