ArticleBJR case reports2018
Vertebroplasty in the treatment of recalcitrant lower back pain attributed to Modic 1 changes.
Article in BJR case reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Vertebroplasty is a recognised treatment for osteoporotic and pathological compression fractures. We present the case of TF, a 70-year-old male patient with a history of poor left ventricular function presenting with refractory lower back pain, thought to be secondary to Modic Type1 changes in the L2 and L3 vertebrae, accompanying L2-L3 degenerative disc disease. He was treated conservatively for approximately 9 months without success. Following recent suggestions that vertebroplasty may provide pain relief in patients with degenerative disc change and coexistent Modic 1 changes not responding to conservative treatment, we proceeded to vertebroplasty of the affected levels. This resulted in rapid resolution of pain and return to his pre low back pain level of activity. At 1-year follow-up the patient remains pain free. We review the causes of Modic 1 change, its relationship to low back pain and a rarely used but highly effective treatment option, percutaneous cement vertebroplasty, when it is unresponsive to traditional treatment options.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.