ArticleFrontiers in surgery2022
Treatment of Elderly Patients with Acute Symptomatic OVCF: A Study of Comparison of Conservative Treatment and Percutaneous Kyphoplasty.
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- Risk factors for new vertebral fracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs): an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.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 · 2025Pooled it
- Optimal management for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Pooled it
- Outcomes following structural allograft-chain impaction kyphoplasty.North American Spine Society journal · 2026Article
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- Retrospective study on the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with alfacalcidol and percutaneous kyphoplasty.Frontiers in surgery · 2026Article
- Influence of thoracolumbar kyphotic Cobb angle on prognosis after PKP surgery.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- TiRobot-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty in the management of middle and upper thoracic osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.BMC surgery · 2025Article
- A Comprehensive Analysis of Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures and Postoperative Sagittal Balance.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Timing of percutaneous vertebroplasty in the management of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Safety and efficacy of robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Using Key Predictors in an SVM Model for Differentiating Spinal Fractures and Herniated Intervertebral Discs in Preoperative Anesthesia Evaluation.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Feasibility study in quantitative identification of fresh and old osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture by vertebral CT value and CT value difference.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Comparison of the clinical effect of unilateral transverse process extrapedicular and bilateral transpedicular percutaneous kyphoplasty for thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Impact of Aspiration Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Reducing Bone Cement Leakage and Enhancing Distribution-An Ex Vivo Study in Goat Vertebrae.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Innovative minimally invasive implants for osteoporosis vertebral compression fractures.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
Objective: The present study was designed for the contrastive analysis of conservative and percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) on pain severity and recovery of injured vertebrae in elderly patients with acute symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). Methods: A total of 60 elderly patients with acute symptomatic OVCF were divided into two groups according to different treatment protocols, with 30 patients in each group. Patients in the Con group received conservative treatment, while patients in the PKP group received percutaneous kyphoplasty treatment. Clinical evaluation included the visual analogue scale (VAS), the Dallas pain questionnaire, the vertebral body leading edge height, the Cobb angle of injured vertebrae, the MOS item short-form health survey (SF-36), the Barthel index, and the mini-mental state examination (MMSE). Results: At 3 days, 3 months, and 6 months post-treatment, the score of VAS and the Cobb angle of injured vertebrae in patients of the PKP group were all significantly lower than those in the Con group ( Conclusion: Compared with conservative treatment, PKP treatment of elderly patients with acute symptomatic OVCF provides rapid pain relief, restoration of damaged vertebral body height, correction of Cobb's angle, and improved quality of life.
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