Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture

Introduction. When the elderly complain about suddenly occurring non-traumatic back pain, they are frequently suffering from a compression fracture of an osteoporotic vertebral body [7, 14].Minimally invasive procedures, such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, are well-established for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures .

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2899980/

Objective: To explore possible risk factors for poor outcomes following percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) for painful osteoporotic compression fractures of thoracolumbar vertebra. Methods: This was a retrospective review of data from patients who underwent PV at our institution over a ten-year period to evaluate the association between possible risk factors and ...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33513025/

Background context: Most osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs ) can be treated conservatively. Recently, kyphoplasty has become a common treatment for painful osteoporotic compression fractures and has shown numerous benefits, such as early pain control and height restoration of the collapsed vertebral body.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23026068/

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group comprised 87 consecutive patients with acute vertebral compression fractures due to osteoporotic (n = 52) or neoplastic (n = 35) infiltration. The MR imaging protocol included nonenhanced T1-weighted spin-echo and short inversion time inversion-recovery sequences and a 1.5-T system.

https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/radiol.2253011413