[Evaluation of the bone mass in the different types of menopause ].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the bone mass condition in the different types of menopause and know if there is difference between the groups.

DESIGN:

Case reports.

MATERIAL AND METHODS:

From September through November 2001 at the Specialties Hospital No. 1, we studied 184 patients with menopause. They were divided in 5 groups: 74 regular menopause, 31 surgical menopause and oophorectomy unilateral, 43 surgical menopause and bilateral oophorectomy, 32 premature menopause, and 4 post-radiotherapy menopause, analyzing the bone mass with a densitometry. The statistical analysis was by descriptive statistics and t student to find the difference between the groups.

RESULTS:

We observed 45% with osteopenia y 8% with osteoporosis in regular menopause. In surgical menopause and oophorectomy unilateral group, we found 26% with osteopenia and 6% with osteoporosis. There were 42% with ostepenia and 14% with osteopososis in surgical menopause and bilateral oophorectomy group. In premature menopause, we found 47% with osteopenia and 12% with osteoporosis. In post-radiotherapy menopause, we found 75% with osteopenia and 25% with osteoporosis. All of them with predominance in femur. We did not observe any significant difference between the surgical and the premature menopause groups.

CONCLUSIONS:

In a half of patients with menopause we found bone mass decrease with predominance in femur, like osteopenia. There was no significant difference between the surgical and the premature menopause groups.

• Authors: Francisco J Zayas Jaime, Luis J Elizondo Alanís, José A Ramírez Angulo, Carlos A Montoya Verdugo, Anabel Jusaíno Islas
• Journal: Ginecologia y obstetricia de Mexico (Ginecol Obstet Mex) Vol. 71 Pg. 118-23 (Mar 2003) ISSN: 0300-9041 [Print] Mexico
• Vernacular Title: Evaluación de la masa ósea en los diferentes tipos de menopausia.
• PMID: 12793019 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Topics

• Absorptiometry, Photon
• Adult
• Aged
• Bone Density
• Bone Diseases, Metabolic (physiopathology)
• Female
• Femur Head (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Gynecologic Surgical Procedures (adverse effects)
• Humans
• Lumbar Vertebrae (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Menopause (physiology)
• Middle Aged
• Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal (physiopathology)