Usefulness of Kyphoplasty in Sacral Insufficiency Fracture: A Case Report.
10.12671/jkfs.2011.24.2.174
- Author:
Soo Uk CHAE
1
;
Yeung Jin KIM
;
Jung Hwan YANG
;
Ji Wan LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopeadic Surgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea. oschae68@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sacrum;
Insufficiency fracture;
Kyphoplasty
- MeSH:
Female;
Fractures, Stress;
Humans;
Kyphoplasty;
Sacrum
- From:Journal of the Korean Fracture Society
2011;24(2):174-177
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Kyphoplasty has recently attended as a potential treatment for sacral insufficiency fracture. We report a 85-years-old female patient with osteoporotic S1 insufficiency fracture with absence of trauma history treated with kyphoplasty which has no symptom improve with conservative treatment. Kyphoplasty is an effective and useful procedure in the treatment of the sacral insufficiency fracture, additionally reviewed of the literatures.
