REZUL'TATY RENTGENOMORFOMETRII POZVONOChNIKA U bol'nykh sakharnym diabetom2 tipa

Abstract

In this study we analyzed degree, character, spreading and location of vertebral deformation in lateral radiograph of the thoracic and lumbar spine (by method of Felsenberg).We analyzed radiographs 55 patients with diabetes mellitus (25 men and 30 women). Index Saville was also estimated.
Deformation of anterior vertebral areas prevailed over deformations of vertebral bodies in this kind of patients. The conclusion is that diabetes mellitus doesn't go along with frequent development of vertebral osteoporosis.