title: [The importance of the metacarpal bone index in the evaluation of uremic osteopathy].
abstract: 71 patients with chronic renal failure were analysed. The patients were treated (N1 = 32) and not treated (N2 = 39) with chronic intermittent hemodialysis. In all analysed patients and in the control group of 20 patients sex and age matched to the examined groups) the outside (D) the inner diameter of the middle II metacarpal bone of the dominant hand was measured (a precision of 0.1 mm was reached using Yashio, Japan, magnifying glass) and the following "metacarpal" indexes were calculated: 1. Garn's Index:--thickness in the cortical bone in mm (D-d) 2. Nordin's score:--percentage of the cortical bone [formula: see text] 3. Garw's area:--cortical bone surface [formula see text] 4. The quantity of the corical bone thickness and the bone surface [formula: see text] From the results received by the analysis it could be noted that the tested patients with chronic renal failure, regardless of chronic intermittent chronic dialyses, showed a negative interdependence on the relation: "PTH-metacarpal index", that indicates the conclusion that the bone destruction is greater if the levels of plasma C-iPTH are higher. The similar can be noticed with the comparison of the C-iPTH-value of the periostitic lacunas in the cortex of the iliac bone (r = 0.64, i.e. higher concentration of C-iPTH agrees with larger surface of lacunar periostitis). Finally, the thickness of the outer cortex of the iliac bone is smaller if the values of C-iPTH are higher (r = 0.12, patients treated with hemodialysis).
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, St Kiril.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cakalaroski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Katić-Cakalaroska
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ivanovski
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tozija
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ristovska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Masin
mesh_terms: D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000473:pathology*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone
vernacular_title: Znacaj indeksa metakarpalnih kostiju u procenu uremijske osteopatije.