Open AccessOutcome of percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty in vertebral compression fractures
Author(s) -
B Praveen Saxena,
Binod Shah,
Sumit Joshi
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.159673
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , surgery , radiological weapon , visual analogue scale , kyphosis , osteoporosis , vertebra , percutaneous , statistical significance , bone cement , deformity , radiography , cement , archaeology , history
Incidence of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) is increasing due to increase in human life expectancy and prevalence of osteoporosis. Vertebroplasty had been traditional treatment for pain, but it neither attempts to restore vertebral body height nor eliminates spinal deformity and is associated with a high rate of cement leakage. Balloon kyphoplasty involves introduction of inflatable balloon into the fractured body of vertebra for elevation of the end-plates prior to fixation of the fracture with bone cement. This study evaluates short term functional and radiological outcomes of balloon kyphoplasty. The secondary aim is to explore short-term complications of the procedure.