Use of Teriparatide in preventing delayed bone healing and nonunion: a multicentric study on a series of 20 patients

Table 2 Patients’ demographic and clinical details, treatment modalities and outcomes

N^d	Gender	Age (years)	Fracture site	Type of pathology (delayed/nonunion)	Smoking	Alcohol	Diabetes	Previous fractures	Osteoporosis	Previous treatment	Administered therapy^d	Duration of treatment (months)	Healing time (months)
1	F	78	Femur	Nonunion	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes^b	1	6	6
2	F	52	Femur	Delayed union	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^b	1	6	6
3	M	18	Tibia	Delayed union	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	1	6	6
4	M	25	Femur	Delayed union	Yes	No	No	Yes	No^a	No	1	6	6
5	F	70	Humerus	Delayed union	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	0	24	24
6	M	49	Forearm	Delayed union	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	0	6	6
7	M	79	Tibia	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	No	No	1	6	Lost to FU
8	M	26	Forearm	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	No	No	1	5	5
9	F	80	Femur	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes^c	1	4	4
10	M	37	Tibia	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	No	No	1	3	3
11	M	67	Femur	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^c	1	5	5
12	F	82	Femur	Delayed union	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes^b	1	5	5
13	M	48	Femur	Delayed union	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	1	5	5
14	F	77	Femur	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes^b	1	19	6
15	F	72	Femur	Delayed union	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	1	5	7
16	M	35	Forearm	Delayed union	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	1	4	4
17	M	54	Femur	Delayed union	Yes	no	No	Yes	No	No	1	3	3
18	M	71	Femur	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	No	No	1	3	6
19	M	52	Femur	Delayed union	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	1	4	6
20	F	33	Femur	Delayed union	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^c	1	6	6

M Male, F Female, FU Follow-up, BPs Bisphosphonates
^aMineralometric values indicated osteopenia
^bPatient had received both BPs and vitamin D supplementation
^cPatient had received vitamin D + calcium supplementation
^d0 = Teriparatide 20 μg/die; 1 = Teriperatide 20 μg/die + Vitamin D and Calcium supplement according to vitamin D and calcium levels

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