La osteoporosis (OP) es una enfermedad metabólica ósea consistente en la disminución de la masa ósea, lo que puede derivar en la aparición de fracturas patológicas. Las alteraciones óseas encontradas en la cirrosis hepática (OP, osteomalacia y anomalías en el metabolismo fosfocálcico) se denominan globalmente osteodistrofia hepática. La 11
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