Bone mineral densities in patients with developmental dysplasia of the hip.
Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine, ultradistal radius, and calcaneus were significantly higher in the developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) patients than in the controls. Therefore, our data suggest that BMDs at different skeletal sites are greater in patients with DDH than in healthy women.


BACKGROUND
DDH has been acknowledged as a potentially preosteoarthritic condition that results in the development of hip osteoarthritis. Patients with DDH have been reported to have abnormal morphology of the pelvis and spine. Additional research, including that of bone quality, needs to be conducted to elucidate the pathogenetic mechanism of this disease. We therefore sought to determine whether BMD differs between healthy women and women with DDH.


METHODS
We measured BMD in 40 women who were scheduled to undergo pelvic osteotomy for DDH (average age, 45.3 years) and in 31 healthy women used as age-matched controls (average age, 47.5 years). BMDs of the lumbar spine, radius, and calcaneus were measured.


RESULTS
BMDs of the lumbar spine, ultradistal radius, and calcaneus were significantly higher in the DDH patients than in the controls.


CONCLUSIONS
Therefore, our data suggest that BMDs at different skeletal sites are greater in patients with DDH than in healthy women.
Okano
K
K
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagasaki Medical Center, 2-1001-1 Kubara, Omura, 852-8562, Japan. kokano@nmc.hosp.go.jp
Ito
M
M
Aoyagi
K
K
Motokawa
S
S
Shindo
H
H
D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015207:Osteoarthritis, Hip / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011884:Radius / Q000503:physiopathology
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