Clinical osteology is now an independent specialty which nevertheless encompasses all branches of medicine and effects each and every one of us: Bone is Every Body´s Business: This book has been designed as an up to date manual to deal with the currently recognized indications for bisphosphonates, to outline situations and conditions for prevention of skeletal disorders, and to provide practical guidelines for treatment. It is intended for doctors who seek precise information on bisphosphonates in medical practice to enable them to treat patients with disorders of bone or better still to avoid their occurrence - as the age-old saying has it "prevention is better than cure"! Significant advances have already been made in the first 6 years of the "Bone and Joint Decade" of the new century, it is our hope that this book will contribute to more progress in the same direction.

The Skeleton

Disorders of Bone
Bisphosphonates
Osteoporotic Syndrome
Glucocorticoid Induced Osteoporosis
Tumor and Chemotherapy Induced Osteoporosis
Transplantation Osteoporosis
Immobilisation Osteoporosis
Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)
AIDS Osteopathy
Renal Osteopathy
Paget's Disease of Bone
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Transient Osteoporosis and the Bone Marrow Edema Syndrome (BMES)
Vanishing Bone Disease (Gorham-Stout Syndrome)
Fibrous Dysplasia
SAPHO Syndrome
Heterotopic Calcification and Ossification
Periprosthetic Osteolysis and Aseptic Loosening of Prostheses in Total Joint Arthroplasty
Alveolar Bone Loss due to Periodontitis
Hypercalcemia
Bone Pain
Multiple Myeloma
Bone Metastases
Skeletal Metastases of Breast Cancer
Other Carcinomas with Osteotropic Metastases
Bisphosphonates from A-Z
Summary and Perspectives
Literature Survey.