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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2024

Effect of sarcopenia on refractures of adjacent vertebra after percutaneous kyphoplasty.

Chengnan Jing, Huazheng Wang, Peng Liu, Shaofeng Yang, Linlin Zhang, Peng Yang, Minfeng Gan

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Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. Impact of anti-osteoporosis medication on refracture prevention following osteoporotic vertebral fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  3. CALLY index and bone mineral density as risk factors for adjacent vertebral fracture after balloon kyphoplasty for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a retrospective 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 · 2026
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Chengnan Jing *The Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
Huazheng Wang *The Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
Peng Liu *The Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
Shaofeng YangThe Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
Linlin ZhangThe Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
Peng YangThe Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China.
Minfeng GanThe Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 899 Pinghai Road, Suzhou, 215006, Jiangsu, China. spineganmf@126.com.
First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University · CNSoochow University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo explore the effect of sarcopenia on recurrent fractures of adjacent vertebra after percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP).

methodsA total of 376 osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) patients over 55 years old who were admitted to the Hospital from August 2020 to January 2021 were selected. Among them, 38 patients with recurrent fractures in adjacent vertebra after PKP were selected as the refracture group (RG), and the remaining 338 patients were selected as the non-refracture group (NRG). The age, gender, grip strength, body mass index (BMI), bone mineral density (BMD), visual analogue scale (VAS) of pain before and one month after surgery, Oswestry disability index (ODI) before and one month after surgery and the occurrence of sarcopenia were compared between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the effect of related risk factors on refracture after vertebral PKP.

resultsThe results of t-test and Chi-square test showed that there were no obvious differences in gender, BMI, preoperative VAS score (t=-0.996, P = 0.320) and ODI (t=-0.424, P = 0.671), one month postoperative VAS score (t=-0.934, P = 0.355) and ODI score (t=-0.461, P = 0.645). while the age and grip strength showed significant differences between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis showed that BMI and gender had no significant effect on refracture after PKP, while sarcopenia and advanced age were independent risk factors for refracture after PKP. Also, increased BMD was a protective factor for refracture after PKP.

conclusionSarcopenia is an independent risk factor for recurrent fractures after PKP in OVCF patients. The screening and diagnosis of sarcopenia should be strengthened. At the same time, anti-sarcopenia treatment should be actively performed after surgery.

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Fractures, CompressionKyphoplastyOsteoporotic FracturesSarcopeniaSpinal FracturesBone CementsHumansMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesSpineTreatment OutcomeBone CementsPercutaneous kyphoplastyRefractureSarcopeniaSpinal fracture

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