Open AccessVertebral Compression Fracture After Spine Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: A Review of the Pathophysiology and Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Salman Faruqi,
ChiaLin Tseng,
Cari Whyne,
Majed Alghamdi,
Jefferson R. Wilson,
Sten Myrehaug,
Hany Soliman,
Young Kyung Lee,
Pejman Maralani,
Victor X. D. Yang,
Charles Fisher,
Arjun Sahgal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1093/neuros/nyx493
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebral compression fracture , radiosurgery , univariate analysis , hazard ratio , multivariate analysis , surgery , radiation therapy , radiology , confidence interval , percutaneous
Vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is a challenging and not infrequent complication observed following spine stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).