Open AccessPercutaneous vertebroplasty for single osteoporotic vertebral body compression fracture
Author(s) -
Hong-De Li,
Chuanjun Xu,
Hong Wang,
Wen Li,
Jiang Xi-jing,
Xiqi Zhu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.152514
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous vertebroplasty , contraindication , percutaneous , vertebral compression fracture , surgery , vertebral body , compression (physics) , radiology , osteoporosis , visual analogue scale , computed tomography , materials science , alternative medicine , pathology , composite material , endocrinology
Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) has been gradually used for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) treatment, but severe osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures (sOVCFs) due to the difficulty in performing a puncture and the characteristics of the fractured vertebrae, it has been considered as a contraindication to PVP. The aim of the following study was to evaluate the feasibility of a unilateral, three-dimensional (3D), accurate puncture in percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for a single, severely osteoporotic vertebral body compression fracture (ssOVCFs).