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ReviewJournal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma

Non-surgical management of acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: A review.

Bhavuk Garg, Vivek Dixit, Sahil Batra, Rajesh Malhotra, Alok Sharan

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Review in Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Re-evaluating vertebral height restoration assessment in osteoporotic compression fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2025
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  6. Detection and Localization of Spine Disorders from Plain Radiography.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2024
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  8. Comparison of the efficacy and safety of vertebroplasty with different pedicle approaches for osteoporotic vertebral.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 · 2024
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  17. Cost-effectiveness of balloon kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty versus conservative medical management in the USA.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bhavuk GargDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Vivek DixitDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sahil BatraDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Rajesh MalhotraDepartment of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Alok SharanWESTMED Spine Centre, New York, NY, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem. Last decade has seen rise in osteoporotic vertebral fractures. Pragmatic management of osteoporotic VCF is challenging to the surgeons. In clinical settings, the situation becomes more complex when it comes to managing painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) due to various co-morbid factors that may limit aggressive interventions. Patients with Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are often characterized by general/relative immobility and physical frailty. Osteoporotic VCF not only affects the quality of life (e.g. pain) but also decreases the lifespan of the individual. The present review critically evaluates the currently prevailing non-surgical management modalities (conservative) offered in acute symptomatic osteoporotic VCFs that occur either within (0-5 days) of any incident event or present with the onset of symptoms such as pain.

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FractureOsteoporosisSurgicalVertebral

Identifiers

PMID28720988
PMCPMC5498748

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