Incidence of symptomatic adjacent vertebral fractures after percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty in osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Abstract

To investigate the long-term outcome of 203 patients with osteoporotic vertebra fractures who were treated with percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) technique under local anesthesia. Magnetic resonance and Computed Tomography Image results were used and correlated with clinical presentations to identify the symptomatic vertebral acute fracture levels. Percutaneous kyphoplasty was performed under local anesthesia/sedation technique in these patients. During the follow-up, pain symptoms were recorded on a self-reported visual analog scale (VAS). 203 patients (78 males and 125 females) with traumatic osteoporotic vertebral fractures in our clinic between 2015 and 2020. Patients’ VAS scores significantly decreased from 8.48±1.1 to 3.30±1.89 after 10 days of treatment (p [Med-Science 2022; 11(1.000): 321-5]

Keywords

• kyphoplasty
• osteoporosis
• adjacent fractures