Long Term Survival of Pathological Thoracolumbar Fractures Treated with Vertebroplasty: Analysis Using a Nationwide Insurance Claim Database.

ABSTRACT: There are still debates on the long-term outcome of treating pathological thoracolumbar fractures, including osteoporosis and oncologic problems, using vertebroplasty. We collected 8625 patients with pathological thoracolumbar fractures (ICD-9-CM codes 733.13 combined with 805.2 or 805.4) between the years of 2003 to 2013, from the two million random samples from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan. Survival analysis was conducted to estimate the mortality risks of different treatments, including vertebroplasty (n = 1389), conventional open surgery (n = 1219), or conservative treatment (n = 6017). A multivariable Cox proportional hazard model was constructed for adjustment of age, gender, comorbidities and complications. Crude incidence rate of patients with pathologi

SUBMITTER: Huang KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7019827 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature