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SUBMITTER: Su J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6320077 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Jing J Wei Yi Y Li Xiao Ming XM Diao Yan-Ping YP Liu Huai-Gang HG Zhang Liang L
Medicine 20181201 51
<h4>Background</h4>Risedronate is widely used in the therapy of osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. This meta-analysis was aimed to assess whether administration risedronate could increase the bone mineral density (BMD) in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA).<h4>Methods</h4>Electronic databases: PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Chinese Wanfang database were searched for all relevant studies. Inclusion criterion was that patients prepared for ...[more]