ArticleFrontiers in surgery2025
A comparison of short-term outcomes between robot-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty and manual percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral compression fractures.
Article in Frontiers in surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Clinical outcomes of percutaneous vertebroplasty using robot-assisted cross-puncture technique for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.Journal of robotic surgery · 2026Article
- Preoperative CT-Based Planning for Unilateral Pedicle Approach PVP Reduces Cement Leakage and Improves Radiological Outcomes in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Objective: The study aims to evaluate the clinical efficacy of robot-assisted vs. manual percutaneous vertebroplasty in managing osteoporotic thoracolumbar vertebral compression fractures. Methods: Based on the inclusion criteria, 111 patients who received unilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) surgery at the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University between September and December 2023 were retrospectively reviewed. These patients were categorized into two groups according to surgical technique: the robotic-assisted group ( Results: No statistically significant differences were observed between the robotic-assisted and manual groups regarding age, gender, BMI, affected vertebral segments, medical history, preoperative/postoperative VAS and ODI scores, vertebral height restoration, Cobb angle, cement volume, total hospitalization costs, blood loss, or postoperative hospital stay ( Conclusion: Manual percutaneous vertebroplasty demonstrates superior operative time compared to robot-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty. However, the robotic approach offers the advantage of reduced cement leakage, which enhances procedural safety and decreases postoperative complications to some degree. Furthermore, as surgeons gain proficiency with the robotic system, operative time can be further reduced. This technology warrants continued refinement and represents a promising direction for future development.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.