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Can a DEXA be accurate when you’re healing from a spinal fracture?

Posted by robinleebru @robinleebru, Jan 26, 2025

I had a DEXA done 3 months post compression fracture of my T12 vertebrae. My question is, can that DEXA test be reliable when I was still in the healing phase of a compression fracture with a 30% height loss?

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robinleebru | @robinleebru | Jan 29, 2025

Can anyone tell me how a vertebroplasty procedure done in Oct ‘24 at T12 with a 50% height loss will impact a future read on a Dexa? The T12 height loss was corrected down to a 20% loss after the surgery. I guess I am wondering how the filling in material at T12 will affect the total reading if it affects it at all.

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windyshores | @windyshores | Jan 30, 2025
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Can anyone tell me how a vertebroplasty procedure done in Oct ‘24 at T12 with a 50% height loss will impact a future read on a Dexa? The T12 height loss was corrected down to a 20% loss after the surgery. I guess I am wondering how the filling in material at T12 will affect the total reading if it affects it at all.

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@robinleebru The DEXA uses lumbar vertebrae.

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