Treatment of severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with percutaneous kyphoplasty
- VernacularTitle:经皮球囊扩张后凸成形术治疗严重骨质疏松性椎体压缩骨折
- Author:
Jie HAO
;
Zhenming HU
;
Chunyang MENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
osteoporosis;
severe vertebral body compression fractures;
percutaneous kyphoplasty;
indication
- From:
Orthopedic Journal of China
2006;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
[Objective]To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of percutaneous kyphoplasty in treating severe vertebral body compression fractures in patients with osteoporosis.[Method]Data from 15 patient who suffered from severe vertebral compression fractures was retrospectively reviewed.Seventeen percutaneous kyphoplasty were performed under C arm X-ray machine guidance.The clinical effects were evaluated by observing the charges of visual analog scale,locomotor activity scale,height of vertebral bodies and the Cobb's angle.[Result]All patients were successfully treated.Visual analog scale decreased from 7.9?1.3 preoperatively to 2.5?0.8 postoperatively(P
