Retrospective Study
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World J Transplant. Sep 18, 2024; 14(3): 92335
Published online Sep 18, 2024. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v14.i3.92335
Impact of bisphosphonate treatment on bone mineral density after kidney transplant
Georgia Andriana Georgopoulou, Marios Papasotiriou, Theodoros Ntrinias, Eirini Savvidaki, Dimitrios S Goumenos, Evangelos Papachristou
Georgia Andriana Georgopoulou, Marios Papasotiriou, Theodoros Ntrinias, Eirini Savvidaki, Dimitrios S Goumenos, Evangelos Papachristou, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece
Author contributions: Papachristou E, Goumenos DS and Papasotiriou M designed the overall concept and outlined the manuscript; Georgopoulou GA and Ntrinias T contributed to the discussion and design of the manuscript; Papasotiriou M and Georgopoulou GA contributed to the writing and editing of the manuscript and illustrations; Savvidaki E contributed to the literature review; and all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This retrospective cohort study was approved by the hospital’s Ethics Committee and was performed in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal authorized representative, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: The technical appendix, statistical code, and datasets are available from the corresponding author at mpapasotiriou@yahoo.com and mpapasotir@upatras.gr.
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Corresponding author: Marios Papasotiriou, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation, University Hospital of Patras, Patras 26504, Greece. mpapasotiriou@yahoo.com
Received: January 22, 2024
Revised: March 4, 2024
Accepted: July 2, 2024
Published online: September 18, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Mineral bone disease can occur in patients with chronic kidney disease and is highly prevalent among patients after kidney transplantation. In this study, antiresorptive treatment with bisphosphonates had a beneficial effect on bone mineral density (BMD) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) irrespective of baseline BMD values. KTRs who received no treatment showed a non-significant decrease in BMD.