ArticleAsian spine journal2014
Comparative analysis of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
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- Comparison of the efficacy and safety of unilateral and bilateral approach kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A meta-analysis.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Comparing complications of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis of the randomized and non-randomized controlled studies.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2015Pooled it
- Balloon kyphoplasty or percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture? An updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of Saudi medicinePooled it
- Unilateral Versus Bilateral Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for Single-Level Thoracolumbar Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Vertebral Compression Fractures: Factors Predicting Failure of Vertebral Augmentation Kyphoplasty.Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2026Article
- [Vertebral Compression Fractures: Factors Predicting Failure of Vertebral Augmentation Kyphoplasty].Revista brasileira de ortopedia · 2026Article
- Comprehensive systematic-review and meta-analysis: Treatment outcomes of unipedicular vs bipedicular approaches in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Review
- Anterior thoracolumbar column reconstruction with the vertebral body stent-safety and efficacy.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2023Article
- A modified trajectory of kyphoplastyFrontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Expression changes of IL-17 in zoledronic acid combined with PVP technology in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture and its predictive value of relapse.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2020Article
- Modified percutaneous Kyphoplasty technique in the treatment of osteoporotic thoracolumbar burst fractures: could it reduce the odds of cement leakage?BMC surgery · 2020Article
- Effects of Polymethylmethacrylate Cement Viscosity and Bone Porosity on Cement Leakage and New Vertebral Fractures After Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Prospective Study.Global spine journal · 2019Article
- Postoperative change in sagittal balance after Kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2015Article
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designA retrospective study. PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy and outcome of vertebroplasty compared with unipedicular and bipedicular kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in terms of pain, functional capacity and height restoration rates. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE: The vertebroplasty procedure was first performed in 1984 for the treatment of a hemangioma at the C2 vertebra. Kyphoplasty was first performed in 1998 and includes vertebral height restoration in addition to using inflation balloons and high-viscosity cement. Both are efficacious, safe and long-lasting procedures. However, controversy still exists about pain relief, improvement in functional capacity, quality of life and height restoration the superiority of these procedures and assessment of appropriate and specific indications of one over the other remains undefined.
methodsBetween 2004 and 2011, 296 patients suffering from osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture underwent 433 vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures. Visual analogue scale (VAS), the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) and height restoration rates were used to evaluate the results.
resultsMean height restoration rate was 24.16%±1.27% in the vertebroplasty group, 24.25%±1.28% in the unipedicular kyphoplasty group and 37.05%±1.21% in the bipedicular kyphoplasty group. VAS and ODI scores improved all of the groups.
conclusionsVertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are both effective in providing pain relief and improvement in functional capacity and quality of life after the procedure, but the bipedicular kyphoplasty procedure has a further advantage in terms of height restoration when compared to unipedicular kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty procedures.
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