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Bone fractures in liver transplant patients
M Navasa1, A Monegal, N Guañabens
1Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
Atraumatic bone fractures are a frequent complication in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). A retrospective study of 91 adult OLT patients was carried out to detect the prevalence of bone fractures, and to isolate predictive factors for their development. After OLT 22 patients (24%) developed 56 atraumatic bone fractures. All fractures occurred within the first 13 months following OLT. No predictive pre- or post-OLT risk factors for the development of bone fractures were identified.