Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The transplantation- associated osteoporosis became an increasingly important problem with the better survival of patients after the solid organ transplantation (Tx). Adequate vitamin D intake, calcium supplementation and bisphosphonates therapy are currently recommended for osteoporosis treatment. However bisphosphonates may be limited with patients’ impaired renal function. Denosumab use is the possible option but till now only a little data exist in solid...

Background: Organ transplantation (Tx) is the standard treatment for end-stage renal failure in diabetic patients. With an improvement in patient and graft survival, the bone loss and persistent abnormalities in bone metabolism are long-term complications to manage.Patients and methods: We investigated the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in 256 diabetic patients (142M, 114F) after the kidney and pancreas Tx for renal failure due to diabetic nep...