This session reviews evidence-based medication strategies to optimize bone health before spine surgery, including when to use anabolic therapy, how to time it with surgery, and how to transition to maintenance treatment to improve fusion, reduce hardware failure, and reduce complications.
This session will be focused on opportunistic screening approaches for osteoporosis to ensure patients prior to spine surgery are assessed and diagnosed.
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A discussion of other care models that ensure patients are identified, diagnosed, and treated for osteoporosis (that includes the involvement of spine and orthopedic surgeons, primary care practitioners, and bone health specialists).
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How to set up and optimize pre-operative bone and spine health optimization programs for patients scheduled to undergo spine surgery to incorporate bone density measurement and osteoporosis diagnosis as part of the pre-operative work up.
