CT Derived Hounsfield Unit: An Easy Way to Determine Osteoporosis and Radiation Related Fracture Risk in Irradiated Patients.

ABSTRACT: Background: We aimed to evaluate osteoporosis, bone mineral density, and fracture risk in irradiated patients by computerized tomography derived Hounsfield Units (HUs) calculated from radiation treatment planning system. Methods: Fifty-seven patients operated for gastric adenocarcinoma who received adjuvant abdominal radiotherapy were included in the study group. Thirty-four patients who were not irradiated after surgery comprised the control group. HUs of T12, L1, L2 vertebral bodies were measured from the computerized tomographies imported to the treatment planning system for all the patients. While the measurements were obtained just after surgery and 1 year later after surgery in the control group, the same measurements were obtained just before irradiation and 1 year after radiotherap

SUBMITTER: Yaprak G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237579 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature