PURPOSE Vertebral fractures due to osteoporosis are a potential complication of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). To date, the incidence of vertebral fractures during ALL treatment has not been reported. PATIENT AND METHODS We prospectively evaluated 155 children with ALL during the first 12 months of leukemia therapy. Lateral thoracolumbar spine radiographs were obtained at basel...

OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of vesselplasty to treat symptomatic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). SUBJECTS AND METHODS Twenty-nine patients undergoing vesselplasty at our institution between April 2006 and February 2008 were enrolled in the study. All patients had been undergoing medical therapy for one or more painful VCFs. Pain, m...

CONTEXT Vertebral fractures are the most common osteoporotic fracture. Women with low bone mineral density (BMD) and prevalent vertebral fractures have a greater risk of incident vertebral fractures over the short-term, but their absolute risk of vertebral fracture over the long-term is uncertain. OBJECTIVE To examine the absolute risk of incident vertebral fracture by BMD and prevalent verte...

BACKGROUND Kümmell's disease is a clinical syndrome characterized by a minor spinal trauma with a symptom-free period from months to years, followed by progressive painful kyphosis. Kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty have been introduced to treat Kümmell's disease, and obtained good clinical results. Recently, delayed cement displacement was reported for Kümmell's disease treated by cement augmenta...

INTRODUCTION Most previous reports indicate that traditional bilateral kyphoplasty improves patient function and restores height of collapsed vertebral bodies, but limited data about the effects of unilateral kyphoplasty on clinical and radiological outcome are available. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred five patients were treated by unilateral kyphoplasty between January 2004 and December 20...

CONTEXT Somatic dysfunction as diagnosed by palpation should be associated with an objective measure. Bone mineral density (BMD) has been shown to be elevated in lumbar vertebrae with somatic dysfunction and in the lumbar region of individuals with chronic low back pain (LBP). OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of lumbar somatic dysfunction and BMD T-score variability in participants wi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of asymptomatic vertebral fractures on the quality of life in older women as part of the Sao Paulo Ageing & Health Study. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 180 women 65 years of age or older with or without vertebral fractures. The Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Os...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Osteopenia and osteoporosis are frequent in Crohn's disease. However, there are few data on related vertebral fractures. Therefore, we evaluated prospectively the prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in these patients. METHODS A total of 293 patients were screened with dual energy x ray absorptiometry of the lumbar spine (L1-L4) and proximal right femur. In 156 p...