ArticleZeitschrift fur Rheumatologie2011
[Surgical therapy of osteoporotic vertebral body fractures].
Article in Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Efficacy of bisphosphonates against osteoporosis in adult men: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015Pooled it
- Is there really no benefit of vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures? A meta-analysis.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2012Pooled it
- Clinical management of osteoporotic vertebral fracture treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty.Clinical cases in mineral and bone metabolism : the official journal of the Italian Society of Osteoporosis, Mineral Metabolism, and Skeletal DiseasesArticle
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Abstract
Osteoporosis is an age-related systemic disease leading to increased bone fragility. The vertebral bodies of the transitional area between the thoracic and lumbar spine are often involved. A large number of unreported or late-diagnosed fractures have to be assumed. If risk factors such as advanced age or comorbidities are present in the case of new-onset back pain, an osteoporotic vertebral body fracture as a possible cause has to be considered. This sets the diagnostic workup in motion, consisting of clinical and radiological examinations. In addition to conservative treatment, minimal invasive cement augmentation of the fracture via vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty is an option. Open surgical procedures, feared by older patients and their physicians, are rarely necessary. Of utmost importance after dealing with the fracture is the subsequent treatment of the underlying osteoporotic disease to prevent the occurrence of further fractures.
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