Antonio Stefano Salcuni

2 months ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Alessandro Brunetti |Francesca Marchese |Maria Antonietta Carpentieri |Antonio Stefano Salcuni

Objective Bone densitometry and fracture risk algorithms have proved scarce reliability for fractures risk estimation in patients with diabetic osteopathy. Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) is a noninvasive, low-cost technique already acknowledged for fracture risk assessment in patients with primary osteoporosis. Nevertheless, there is limited evidence on the role of QUS in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM).