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ArticleEuropean spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society2018

Is vertebral body stenting in combination with CaP cement superior to kyphoplasty?

Sebastian Schützenberger, S M Schwarz, L Greiner, O Holub, S Grabner, W Huf, A Sailler, C Fialka

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Article in 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, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sebastian SchützenbergerAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria. sebastian.schuetzenberger@auva.at.ORCID 0000-0002-0499-5397
S M SchwarzAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
L GreinerAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
O HolubAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
S GrabnerAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
W HufKarl Landsteiner Institute for Clinical Risk Management, Vienna, Austria.
A SaillerAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
C FialkaAUVA Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, Austria.
Unfallkrankenhaus Meidling · ATKarl Landsteiner Society · AT

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purposeIn the evolution of the minimally invasive treatment of vertebral compression fractures, vertebral body stenting (VBS) was developed to reduce intraoperative and secondary loss of vertebral height. Particularly in combination with the usage of biodegradable cement, the influence of VBS on the rate of intraoperative complications and long-term outcome is unclear. The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) and VBS regarding their long-term clinical and radiological outcome in combination with calcium phosphate (CaP) application instead of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA).

methodsThis retrospective study included 49 patients with fresh mono-segmental thoracolumbar fractures without neurological signs treated with VBS or BKP and CaP cement (Calcibone). The outcome was evaluated with the visual analogue pain scale (VAS), the Oswestry disability score (ODI), and radiologically assessed.

resultsIn the course of the radiological follow-up, the VBS group showed statistically significant less vertebral height loss than the BKP group. However, with respect to VAS and ODI scores there were no statistically significant differences between the VBS and BKP group in the clinical follow-up. The rate of cement leakage was comparable in both groups.

conclusionsBoth techniques facilitated good clinical results in combination with absorbable cement augmentation. In particular, the VBS enabled us to benefit from the advantages of the resorbable isothermic CaP cement with an improved radiological outcome in the long term compared to BKP. However, there was a mentionable loss of reduction in the follow-up in both groups compared to previously published data with PMMA cement. These slides can be retrieved under Electronic Supplementary Material.

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KyphoplastyBone CementsCalcium PhosphatesFractures, CompressionHumansRetrospective StudiesSpinal FracturesSpineVisual Analog ScaleBone CementsCalcium PhosphatesAbsorbable cementCalcium phosphateKyphoplastyVertebral body stentingVertebral fracture

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