Open AccessEVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY IN COMPLEX TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS WITH PATHOLOGICAL VERTEBRAL FRACTURES
Author(s) -
Д. С. Астапенков
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
travmatologiâ i ortopediâ rossii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2542-0933
pISSN - 2311-2905
DOI - 10.21823/2311-2905-2010-0-2-93-96
Subject(s) - percutaneous vertebroplasty , medicine , pathological , osteoporosis , conservative treatment , surgery , radiology
The effectiveness of vertebroplasty in treatment of 84 patients with osteoporosis and pathological fractures of the vertebrae was evaluated. 68 patients of the first group were underwent a comprehensive conservative treatment, percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed additionally in 16 patients in second group. The study found that in the second group treatment results were slightly better: the investigated parameters showed a significant dynamics, ie, vertebroplasty improved the results of treatment of osteoporotic patients with pathological fractures of the vertebrae.