Journal
BONE REPORTS
Volume 16, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2022.101172
Keywords
Bone density; Bone histomorphometry; Kidney transplantation; Chronic kidney disease - mineral and bone disorder; Osteoporosis; X-Ray Microtomography
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- European Renal Association (ERA) long-term fellowship
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Kidney transplantation has limited impact on bone microarchitecture, with only slight decrease in trabecular thickness and stable parameters of bone volume and microarchitecture.
Bone microarchitecture is an important component of bone quality and disturbances may reduce bone strength and resistance to trauma. Kidney transplant recipients have an excess risk of fractures, and bone loss affecting both trabecular and cortical bone compartments have been demonstrated after kidney transplantation. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the impact of kidney transplantation on trabecular and cortical bone microarchitecture, assessed by histomorphometry and micro computed tomography (mu CT). Iliac crest bone biopsies, analyzed by bone histomorphometry and mu CT, were performed at time of kidney transplantation and 12 months post-transplantation in an unselected cohort of 30 patients. Biochemical markers of mineral metabolism and bone turnover were measured at both time-points. At 12 months post-transplantation, bone turnover was low in 5 (17%) and normal in 25 (83%) patients. By histomorphometry, bone remodeling normalized, with decreases in eroded perimeters (4.0 to 2.1%, p = 0.02) and number of patients with marrow fibrosis (41 to 0%, p < 0.001). By mu CT, trabecular thickness (134 to 125 mu M, p = 0.003) decreased slightly. Other parameters of bone volume and microarchitecture, including cortical thickness (729 to 713 mu m, p = 0.73) and porosity (10.2 to 9.5%, p = 0.15), remained stable. We conclude that kidney transplantation with current immunosuppressive protocols has a limited impact on bone microarchitecture.
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