Author(s)

Yasuaki Iida, Hiroshi Takahashi, Yuichiro Yokoyama, Yasuhiro Inoue, Daisuke Suzuki, Keiji Hasegawa, Shintaro Tsuge, Wataru Shishikura, Katsunori Fukutake, Ryo Takamatsu, Kazumasa Nakamura, Masayuki Sekiguchi, Akihito Wada

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan..

We experienced 2 cases of spinal fracture in patients aged 80 years or older with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH). Since they decided not to undergo surgical treatment, we provided conservative treatment with teriparatide. There has been no previous study on teriparatide for spine fracture in DISH. This is the first report of the successful use of teriparatide to treat spine fracture in DISH without surgical intervention. Our patients were treated with teriparatide for 8-9 months after diagnosis of the fracture. Union was obtained in two cases and no adverse events were observed during treatment. Our report showed that teriparatide could be an alternative to conventional intervention in spinal fracture of DISH.

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis; Teriparatide; Spine Fracture

Y. Iida, H. Takahashi, Y. Yokoyama, Y. Inoue, D. Suzuki, K. Hasegawa, S. Tsuge, W. Shishikura, K. Fukutake, R. Takamatsu, K. Nakamura, M. Sekiguchi and A. Wada, "Successful Treatment of Spine Fracture for Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis with Teriparatide—A Report of Two Cases," Open Journal of Orthopedics, Vol. 3 No. 6, 2013, pp. 278-282. doi: 10.4236/ojo.2013.36051.