ArticleEuropean radiology2016
Safety and Clinical Effectiveness of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in the Elderly (≥80 years).
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- Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Zoledronic Acid Combined with PVP/PKP in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
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- Percutaneous kyphoplasty assisted with/without mixed reality technology in treatment of OVCF with IVC: a prospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2019Trial
- Percutaneous curved vertebroplasty in the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.The Journal of international medical research · 2019Trial
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- Risk factors of postoperative bone cement leakage on osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Safety of vertebral augmentation with cranio-caudal expansion implants in vertebral compression fractures with posterior wall protrusion.European radiology · 2020Article
- Evaluation of the analgesic effect of vertebral cancellous bone infiltration anaesthesia during vertebroplasty.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
- Vertebral collapse and polymethylmethacrylate breakage after vertebroplasty: A case report.Medicine · 2019Article
- Intracardiac cement embolism during percutaneous vertebroplasty: incidence, risk factors and clinical management.European radiology · 2019Article
- What are the predictors of clinical success after percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures?European radiology · 2018Article
- Safety and efficacy of multilevel vertebroplasty for painful osteolytic spinal metastases: a single-centre experience.European radiology · 2017Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the safety and clinical effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in patients aged 80 and over.
methodsOne hundred and seventy-three patients (127 women, 46 men; mean age = 84.2y) underwent 201 PVP procedures (391 vertebrae) in our institution from June 2008 to March 2012. One hundred and twenty-six patients (73 %) had osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF), 36 (20.5 %) were treated for tumour lesions, and the remaining 11 (6.5 %) for lesions from another cause. Comorbidities and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) scores were assessed before treatment. Periprocedural and delayed complications were systematically recorded. A qualitative scale was used to evaluate pain relief at 1-month follow-up, ranging from significant pain worsening to marked improvement or disappearance. New fracture occurrence was assessed on follow-up imaging.
resultsForty-five percent of patients had pretreatment ASA class scores ≥3. No major complication occurred. Pain was unchanged in 16.9 % of cases, mildly improved in 31.5 %, and disappeared in 47.8 %. We identified 27 (11 %) symptomatic new VCFs in patients with osteoporosis on follow-up imaging. The mean delay in diagnosis of new fractures was 5 ± 8.7 months.
conclusionsEven in the elderly, PVP remains a safe and effective technique for pain relief, independently of the underlying disease. KEY POINTS: • Post-PVP pain improvement was observed in 79.3 % of elderly patients. • PVP remains a safe technique in elderly patients. • No decompensation of comorbidity was observed in our series.
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