Received January 27, 2012. Accepted February 15, 2012. Correspondence to: Ki Seong Eom, MD Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine, 344-2, Shinyong-dong, Iksan 570-749, Korea Tel: +82-63-859-1467, Fax: +82-63-852-2606, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (htt...

STUDY DESIGN An Institutional Review Board-approved Phase I efficacy study of inflatable bone tamp usage in the treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic compression fractures. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the safety and efficacy of inflatable bone tamp reduction and cement augmentation, "kyphoplasty," in the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DAT...

CONTEXT Economic evaluations are far less frequently reported for medical devices than for drugs. In addition, little is known about the quality of existing economic evaluations, particularly for innovative devices, such as those used in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. OBJECTIVE To assess the level of evidence provided by the available economic evaluations for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. ...

BACKGROUND In oncologic patients with metastatic spinal disease, the ideal treatment should be well tolerated, relieve the pain, and preserve or restore the neurological function.The combination of fluoroscopic guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and kyphoplasty may fulfill these criteria. METHODS We describe three pathological vertebral fractures treated with a combination of fluoroscopic g...

New vertebral fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty are said to result from biomechanical changes induced by cementation. Fact or fiction? The reported incidences for new vertebral fractures after cementation or after conservative therapy vary widely. This is mainly due to differences in their design, more specifically as to the duration of followup. Therefore a systematic ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Balloon kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive surgical approach for treating vertebral compression fractures, including osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of balloon inflation and postural reduction on balloon kyphoplasty for the deformity correction of vertebral compression fractures and to explore the correl...

BACKGROUND During the last few years, an increasing number of unstable thoracolumbar fractures, especially in elderly patients, has been treated by dorsal instrumentation combined with a balloon kyphoplasty. This combination provides additional stabilization to the anterior spinal column without any need for a second ventral approach. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 97-year-old male...

Patients with metastatic spinal disease are affected by disabling pain. The treatment of spinal metastases is focused on pain reduction and improvement in quality of life. Until recently, many patients with metastatic spinal disease did not qualify as surgical candidates due to the risks of surgery and length of recovery period. However, recent advances in minimally invasive surgery such as kyp...

Although it is known that a change in any level of the spine alters biomechanics, there are not many studies to evaluate the spine as a whole in both sagittal and frontal planes. This prospective cohort study evaluates the morphology and mobility of the entire spine in patients with vertebral fractures. The Treatment Group consisted of 43 patients who underwent percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty ...