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ArticleScientific reports2021

Cement bridging phenomenon in percutaneous vertebroplasty for adjacent vertebral compression fracture.

Yun-Da Li, Tsung-Ting Tsai, Chi-Chien Niu, Po-Liang Lai

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Yun-Da LiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Section, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fusing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan, 33305, Taiwan.
Tsung-Ting TsaiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Section, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fusing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan, 33305, Taiwan.
Chi-Chien NiuDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Section, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fusing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan, 33305, Taiwan.
Po-Liang LaiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Section, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 5, Fusing St., Guishan Dist., Taoyuan, 33305, Taiwan. polianglai@gmail.com.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TW

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Abstract

In some cases of vertebroplasty for adjacent fractures, we observed a cement bridging phenomenon, in which the injected cement flowed from the newly fractured vertebra to the previously cement-augmented vertebra through the space between the abutting anterior longitudinal ligament and the vertebral column. The purpose of this retrospective study was to investigate this phenomenon. From January 2012 to December 2014, patients who sustained new-onset adjacent vertebral compression fracture and who were again treated with vertebroplasty were enrolled. We divided the patients into two groups, the bridging group and the nonbridging group, to analyze the difference between them. Results showed that the cement bridging phenomenon occurred in 18 (22.8%) of the 79 patients. Significant differences between the bridging and nonbridging groups were identified in the following 3 imaging features: severe loss of the anterior vertebral body height at the new-onset adjacent vertebra on plain film (odds ratio [OR] = 4.46, p = 0.014), fluid accumulation (OR = 36.27, p < 0.001) and hypointense signaling (OR = 15.67, p < 0.001) around the space anterior to the abutting vertebral bodies and the corresponding intervertebral disc on MRI. After a 2-year follow-up, both the mean value of the focal kyphotic angle and anterior body height ratio were significantly better in the cement bridging group than in the nonbridging group. The cement bridging phenomenon, which has never been reported in the literature, is not rare in clinical practice. This phenomenon was associated with better maintenance of focal kyphotic angle and anterior body height ratio during the 2-year follow-up.

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VertebroplastyAgedAged, 80 and overBone CementsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFractures, CompressionHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOsteoporotic FracturesPhysical PhenomenaRetrospective StudiesSpinal FracturesBone Cements

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