[Bone mineralization in women after ovariectomy]

The author investigated parameters of the calcium phosphate metabolism and level of bone mineralization in 82 women with ovariectomy performed before the natural menopause and compared them with a group of women with ovariectomy after the menopause. In the first group calciuria was significantly elevated and their bone mineralization is highly significantly lower than in women with ovariectomy after the menopause low values were reached that the number of fractures of vertebral bodies or other bones was increased. The values of calciuria and bone mineralization in women ovariectomized after the menopause does not differ essentially from values recorded in women of similar age without ovariectomy. From the investigation ensues that early hormonal prevention is essential in women subjected to ovariectomy before the menopause.