Stent-armed kyphoplasty in osteoporotic thoracolumbar fractures-clinical and functional results and a center experience over 10 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The optimal treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures is still a controversial and under discussion topic. Armed kyphoplasty with expansive intravertebral implants is an emerging procedure, which, in theory, it not only makes it possible to achieve instant analgesia, and to get stabilization gains of benefits of kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty, but also, allows for a more effective maintenance of the restored vertebral height.

Methods

A retrospective observational study is presented, in which 30 patients participated, including a total of 33 osteoporotic thoracolumbar compression burst vertebral fractures with involvement of one or both vertebral platforms and of more than one fifth of the posterior wall. These individuals underwent armed kyphoplasty with VBS

SUBMITTER: Moura DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808098 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature