Percutaneous kyphoplasty for a patient of thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with distal lumbosacral pain

When patients combined thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) with lumbar degenerative disease, whose main clinical manifestations are distal lumbosacral pain (DLP), the therapeutic schedule should be made cautiously. We reported an 80-year-old female presented long-term accused of disc herniation. Percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) had been received because OVCF at L1 body. Twenty days ago, elderly felt DLP was aggravated no obvious reason. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed fresh L2 body, but palpation found absence focal tenderness. Then, we chose to perform PKP and patient substantial relief area after operation. This case that manifested as has a significant relieving effect on pain.