UNLABELLED OBJECTIVE OF ANALYSIS: The objective of this analysis is to examine the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) compared with conservative treatment. CLINICAL NEED AND TARGET POPULATION Osteoporosis and associated fractures are important health issues in ageing populations. Vertebral compression fr...

BACKGROUND We hypothesised that vertebroplasty provides effective analgesia for patients with poorly controlled pain and osteoporotic spinal fractures of less than 6 weeks' duration. The effectiveness of vertebroplasty, using an adequate vertebral fill technique, in fractures of less than 6 weeks' duration has not been specifically assessed by previously published masked trials. METHODS This ...

A total of 112 patients with a single-level osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture who did not respond to conservative therapy were included and allocated to either kyphoplasty or vertebroplasty treatment. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) were used to assess back pain and disability. Anterior, midline, posterior vertebral body heights, and kyphotic angle ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness and safety of percutaneous vertebroplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures as published in the scientific literature. DESIGN Literature review. METHOD Medline and the Cochrane library were searched with the terms 'percutaneous vertebroplasty', 'vertebral compression fractures', 'osteoporotic' and 'osteoporosis'. Crite...

PURPOSE To investigate the incidence and risk of stroke after percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporosis. METHODS A group of 334 patients with osteoporosis, and who underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty during the study period, was compared to 1,655 age-, sex- and propensity score-matched patients who did not undergo vertebroplasty. All demographic covariates and co-morbidities...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Despite the literature supporting the efficacy of vertebroplasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, few reports exist documenting its use in the treatment of compression fractures in multiple myeloma patients. Accordingly, we sought to characterize the imaging characteristics, clinical course, and outcomes in myeloma patients treated with verte...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the risk factors for new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures after vertebroplasty at the thoracolumbar junction. MATERIALS AND METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 53 patients treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty at the thoracolumbar junction (T12, L1). The follow-up period was 15-27 months. The occurr...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study. PURPOSE The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and outcome of vertebroplasty compared with unipedicular and bipedicular kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in terms of pain, functional capacity and height restoration rates. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE The vertebroplasty procedure was first performed in 1984 f...

Objective: The purpose of this study is to identify incidence of recurrent vertebral compression fracture after kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed medical records and radiographic findings including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of all consecutive patients who underwent kyphoplasty (21 patients had...