Factors Influencing the Development of Metachronous Fractures in Patients with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Treated with Conservative Management or Vertebroplasty.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: We aimed to analyze potential predictors for the development of metachronous fractures (MFs) after osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs), with particular focus on radiological variables obtained at initial X-rays and computed tomography (CT) examinations, treatment applied (conservative management [CM] versus percutaneous vertebroplasty [PV]), and fractures located at the thoracolumbar junction (T11-L2). Methods: We conducted a two-center, observational retrospective study, including patients with single-level OVFs treated with CM or VP. We collected socio-demographic, radiological and treatment-related variables. We performed descriptive and contrastive bivariate analyses based on the presence of MFs and univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses

SUBMITTER: Ruiz Santiago F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11765220 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature