Abstract:
Purpose: Kidney transplant recipients are prone to metabolic
bone diseases and consequent fractures. This study aimed to evaluate the
incidence of incipient vertebral fractures, osteopenia, osteoporosis,
and the clinical factors associated with incipient vertebral fractures
in a group of kidney transplant patients.
Methods: Two hundred sixty-four patients (F/M:124/140, 45.3±13
years) who had undergone kidney transplantation between 2008 and 2018
and who were followed up at least one year in third care centers were
included in this multicenter retrospective study. Bone mineral
densitometry was performed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
Vertebral fractures were assessed semi-quantitatively using conventional
thoracolumbar lateral radiography in 202 of the patients.