ReviewJournal of spine surgery (Hong Kong)2019
Safety and efficacy of percutaneous sacroplasty for treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures: a systematic review.
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- Percutaneous screw fixation combined with cement augmentation for sacral insufficiency fractures: bicentric study.European radiology · 2026Article
- Recognizing Sacral Insufficiency Fractures Hidden in Plain Sight: An Illustrative Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Chronic pelvic insufficiency fractures and their treatment.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Review
- Evaluating Treatment Outcomes for Pelvic Insufficiency Fractures: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Sacral insufficiency fracture: a single-center experience of 185 patients with a minimum 5-year follow-up.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 · 2024Article
- Sacroplasty for Sacral Insufficiency Fractures: Narrative Literature Review on Patient Selection, Technical Approaches, and Outcomes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Tailored sacroplasty for sacral fracture secondary to an epileptic seizure.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Comparison of patterns and rates of cement leakage in percutaneous sacroplasty for sacral insufficiency fractures versus neoplasia.Skeletal radiology · 2024Article
- Sacral Fractures: A Review.HSS journal : the musculoskeletal journal of Hospital for Special Surgery · 2023Review
- Teriparatide treatment shows faster healing than sacroplasty for postmenopausal women with sacral insufficiency fracture.Osteoporosis and sarcopenia · 2023Article
- Comparative outcome of different treatment options for fragility fractures of the sacrum.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- [Sacral fragility fractures: risk factors and outcomes after cement sacroplasty].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Article
- Anterior Transpsoas Approach for Removal of Cement Leakage after Sacroplasty.Spine surgery and related research · 2022Article
- Short-term outcome of fragility fractures of the pelvis in the elderly treated with screw osteosynthesis and external fixator.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022Article
- [Cement augmentation in pelvic ring fractures].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Cement extravasation resulting in L5 radiculopathy as a complication of percutaneous Sacroplasty: A case report.Interventional pain medicine · 2022Article
- FRAGILITY FRACTURES OF THE SACRUM: A SILENT EPIDEMIC.Orthopedic reviews · 2022Article
- ASSERT (Acute Sacral inSufficiEncy fractuRe augmenTation): Perceptions in the Assessment and Treatment of Pubic Rami and Sacral Fragility Fractures Amongst Healthcare Professionals in Geriatric Medicine and Surgery-A Qualitative Study.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2021Article
- Polymethylmetacrylate Cement Augmentation of the Coccyx (Coccygeoplasty) for Fracture: A Case ReportBalkan medical journal · 2020Article
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Abstract
Sacral insufficiency fractures are a common source of back pain in the elderly and are associated with significant morbidity due to poor recognition and delays in diagnosis. Previous treatment modalities have centered primarily on bed rest, oral analgesia, early mobilization and physical therapy. However, in recent years sacroplasty has emerged as a viable treatment option for sacral insufficiency fractures. Earlier recovery with sacroplasty, reduced incidence of deep venous thrombosis, and earlier return to activities of daily living are some of the features that made this treatment modality more appealing than traditional conservative management. We undertook a systematic review of the literature to examine the efficacy of sacroplasty for treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures in the elderly population. Thirty-one articles were included in this study for final analysis. Cement extravasation was the most commonly reported complication; however, it was not found to have clinical significance in the majority of studies that reported this outcome. Two studies reported S1 radicular pain after the procedure while only one study reported a patient with persistent pain requiring reoperation (1/8 incidence, 12.5%). The mean reduction in pain score from pre-procedure to latest follow-up post-procedure [reported as visual analog scale (VAS)] was 5.8+1.3 for those studies that reported this figure. Overall, sacroplasty is a safe and effective procedure associated with low complication rate and consistent pain relief in patients with sacral insufficiency fractures.
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