JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF HEAD NECK & SPINE SURGERY
JUNIPER
PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL
OF HEAD NECK & SPINE SURGERY
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty as a Treatment for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Authored by Alimov Ijod
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for the
treatment of osteoporotic and neoplastic vertebral compression
fractures; this procedure involves the injection of bone cement directly
into the fractured vertebral body. The purpose of this study was to
evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty for patients with
painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. This was a
retrospective single-center study; the total number 74 percutaneous
vertebroplasty was performed in 41 patients with osteoporotic vertebral
body compression fractures of the I and II degrees. Of these 41patients,
5 were male (12%) and 36(88%) were female; the average age of the
patients was 66 years (range, 55-78 years). The overall procedure time
was 51.2 ± 4.2 (range, 34-55)min.
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