[Towards an individualized bone health report focused on the patient - Bone parameters and treatment options]

This article presents a novel approach of osteoporosis management, starting from the DXA scans performance, image quality, BMD and TBS assessment and interpretation, vertebral fracture assessment, decision making on treatment initiation and being finalized with patient`s further follow-up recommendations. A report based on this approach is soon to be implemented by the CiMO at CHUV. Among the thorough evaluation of the densitometric status of the patient, this report presents the first effort to incorporate into the osteoporosis clinical workflow the current evidence on TBS. It suggests practical ways to use TBS as in conjunction with BMD T-score or FRAX score to come up with the final scores that allow treatment initiation. Implementations in other non-Caucasian or non-Swiss clinical settings are to be accompanied by local validations.