Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 5: Celebrating ‘Bone and Joint Week’ an integrated teaching ATCOM learning session on Osteoporosis and its medical and surgical management was held today at Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu jointly by Postgraduate Department of Pharmacology and Orthopaedics.
Dr Shabnam Choudhary (Professor and acting head) in her opening remarks said that osteoporosis is a silent killer disease and with the increasing life expectancy it shall pose a huge health burden on society and nation at large.
Professor Dr Nusrat Kareem Bhat discussed various treatment strategies for Osteoporosis. She maintained that the lifestyle modification and calcium and vitamin D rich diet at the earliest along with specific medicine treatment followed as per the medical advice shall go a long way in the prevention of the disease and its related morbidity and mortality.
Professor Dr Abdul Ghani from the Department of Orthopaedics discussed various orthopaedic modalities and also stressed that the surgical management of osteoporotic fracture is difficult, challenging and at the same time has a high complication rate with high morbidity and mortality involved.
Professor Dr Vishal Tandon discussed various national and international treatment guidelines on Osteoporosis management and he stressed that calcium, vitamin D and bisphoshonates are the most important treatment modalities available whereas teriparatide and biologics are kept as reserve drugs for high risk patients or for patients who have already experienced fractures. He maintained that DEXA scan and FRAXS risk categorization is must to decide and start the medical management.
Other important speakers in the session were Dr Kanika, Dr Himani and Dr Veenakshi. The session was concluded with pledge taken by all for the awareness and early detection and management of the disease. The pledge ceremony was conducted by Associate Professor Pharmacology Dr Sapna Gupta.
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