X-ray diagnosis of secondary hyperparathyroid osteodystrophy in patients subjected to prolonged hemodialysis

A comparative study was made on the possibility of the qualitative evaluation of osteoporosis and one of the methods of its quantitative determination in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism. 25 patients with chronic renal insufficiency, subjected to prolonged hemodialysis, were examined. It is concluded that the effectiveness of the qualitative methods for the evaluation of changes in the bones was sufficiently high, while the method proposed by Barnett and Nordin for diagnosing osteoporosis proved to be inadequate. These data were confirmed by checking the index in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism