Open AccessInvestigation of Preoperative Traction Followed by Percutaneous Kyphoplasty Combined with Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty for the Treatment of Severe Thoracolumbar Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Author(s) -
Youdi Xue,
Zhaochuan Zhang,
Weixiang Dai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s333532
Subject(s) - medicine , oswestry disability index , visual analogue scale , percutaneous , perioperative , surgery , kyphosis , compression (physics) , thoracic vertebrae , bone cement , lumbar vertebrae , radiography , lumbar , low back pain , cement , alternative medicine , materials science , pathology , composite material , archaeology , history
To evaluate the feasibility, clinical efficacy and imaging results of preoperative traction (PT) followed by percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) combined with percutaneous cement discoplasty (PCD) for treating severe thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).