Jonathon Florance1, Robert Hemke1,2, Connie Y Chang1, Martin Torriani1, Miriam A Bredella3. 1. Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 6E, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. 2. Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences (AMS), Meibergdreef 9, 1105, Amsterdam, AZ, Netherlands. 3. Division of Musculoskeletal Imaging and Intervention, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Yawkey 6E, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. mbredella@mgh.harvard.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the effect of intra-articular corticosteroid injections on lumbar spine trabecular density. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was IRB-approved and HIPAA-compliant. We identified 50 patients (26 F, 24 M, mean age 69 ± 14 years) who had undergone at least three medium or large joint corticosteroid injections using insoluble corticosteroids and a subsequent non-contrast abdominal CT within 5 years of the first injection. About 126 age- and sex-matched controls without history of prior corticosteroid use who had undergone non-contrast abdominal CT were identified. Cumulative corticosteroid dose was calculated. Density measurements (HU) of trabecular bone of L1 to L4 were performed, and measurements of L1 were compared to established normative data. Groups were compared using a two-sided paired t-test or a chi-squared test. Linear regression analysis between cumulative corticosteroid dose and trabecular density was performed. RESULTS: Patients underwent a mean of 4 corticosteroid injections (range 3 to 11) with a mean cumulative corticosteroid dose of 232 ± 100 mg triamcinolone equivalent (range 120 mg to 480 mg). There was no significant difference in trabecular density of L1 to L4 between cases and controls, and there was no significant difference in trabecular density at L1 compared to normative data (p > 0.2). There was no association between cumulative intra-articular corticosteroid dose and mean lumbar trabecular density (p > 0.3). CONCLUSION: Patients who underwent repetitive intra-articular insoluble corticosteroid injections showed no increased risk of bone loss compared to controls. Cumulative intra-articular corticosteroid dose was not associated with lumbar trabecular density.
PURPOSE: To determine the effect of intra-articular corticosteroid injections on lumbar spine trabecular density. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This retrospective study was IRB-approved and HIPAA-compliant. We identified 50 patients (26 F, 24 M, mean age 69 ± 14 years) who had undergone at least three medium or large joint corticosteroid injections using insoluble corticosteroids and a subsequent non-contrast abdominal CT within 5 years of the first injection. About 126 age- and sex-matched controls without history of prior corticosteroid use who had undergone non-contrast abdominal CT were identified. Cumulative corticosteroid dose was calculated. Density measurements (HU) of trabecular bone of L1 to L4 were performed, and measurements of L1 were compared to established normative data. Groups were compared using a two-sided paired t-test or a chi-squared test. Linear regression analysis between cumulative corticosteroid dose and trabecular density was performed. RESULTS:Patients underwent a mean of 4 corticosteroid injections (range 3 to 11) with a mean cumulative corticosteroid dose of 232 ± 100 mg triamcinolone equivalent (range 120 mg to 480 mg). There was no significant difference in trabecular density of L1 to L4 between cases and controls, and there was no significant difference in trabecular density at L1 compared to normative data (p > 0.2). There was no association between cumulative intra-articular corticosteroid dose and mean lumbar trabecular density (p > 0.3). CONCLUSION:Patients who underwent repetitive intra-articular insoluble corticosteroid injections showed no increased risk of bone loss compared to controls. Cumulative intra-articular corticosteroid dose was not associated with lumbar trabecular density.
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