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Old 03-06-2009, 06:59 PM
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Diane's t-score was -2.46 and she had prophylactic vertebroplasty.

I've heard of cases w/ADR as far out as -3.8 w/vertebroplasty. I once had a client at -4.4, but treating w/Forteo for 1.5 years had him down (up) to -2.2

I don't think that moderate osteoporosis is an issue for fusion. For ADR it is a serious consideration. Early clinical trials allowed out to -2.5, then 2.0, then 1.5, then 1.0 for some trials! Vertebroplasty can be tricky, so make sure you get it done by someone with a lot of experience with it.

All the best,

Mark
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