An observational study of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty for osteoporotic spinal fractures: utilisation and outcomes in England using an administrative dataset.

William K Gray, Jamie Day, Tim W R Briggs, Mike Hutton

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William K GrayGetting It Right First Time Programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Wellington House, London, UK. william.gray5@nhs.net.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9597-5446

Jamie DayGetting It Right First Time Programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Wellington House, London, UK.

Tim W R BriggsGetting It Right First Time Programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Wellington House, London, UK.

Mike HuttonGetting It Right First Time Programme, NHS England and NHS Improvement, Wellington House, London, UK.

NHS Education for Scotland · GBNHS EnglandRoyal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust · GBRoyal National Orthopaedic Hospital · GB

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Abstract

We reviewed outcomes for vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty for the surgical treatment of osteoporotic spinal fracture. Our study of 5792 vertebroplasty and 3136 balloon kyphoplasty procedures conducted in England over a 7-year period found no evidence that the patient outcomes studied were poorer for vertebroplasty than for balloon kyphoplasty. PURPOSE: To investigate use, safety and functional outcomes of vertebroplasty (VP) and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) techniques for osteoporotic spinal fracture for patients operated on within the National Health Service in England.

methodsThis was an observational analysis of administrative data. Data were extracted from the Hospital Episodes Statistics database for the period 1

resultsData were available for 5792 VP and 3136 BKP patients operated on at 96 hospital trusts. In the 63 trusts that conducted more than 20 procedures during the study period, the proportion of procedures conducted as BKP varied from 0 to 100%. There was no difference in any of the outcomes between VP and BKP patients or between trusts performing ≥ 70% and ≤ 30% of procedures as BKP.

conclusionsWith regard to the outcomes studied, there is no evidence that VP is associated with poorer outcomes than BKP.

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Fractures, CompressionKyphoplastyOsteoporotic FracturesSpinal FracturesVertebroplastyEnglandHumansObservational Studies as TopicState MedicineTreatment OutcomeKyphoplastySpinal fractureSpinal surgeryVertebral compression fractureVertebroplasty

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DOI10.1007/s00264-011-1283-x

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