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Objective To study the value of zoledronic acid combined with psychological intervention in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty (PKP). Methods 72 patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures underwent PKP operation from August 2013 to August 2015 were randomly divided into observation group and control group,with 36 cases,in each group. The patients in the control group were given salmon calcitonin after operation. The patients in the observation group were given zoledronic acid after operation. Both patients were given psychological care. The total effective rate of clinical treatment and the incidence of secondary osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures,Visual analogue pain scale before and after treatment (VAS), Oswestry dysfunction index questionnaire (ODI) score, bone mineral density T value changes were compared between the two groups. Results The total effective rate was 94.44% in the observation group and 77.78% in the control group (P<0.05). The recurrence fracture rate was significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.05). After treatment, the scores of VAS and ODI in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The T value of bone mineral density was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusion Zoledronic acid combined with psychological intervention can effectively improve the effective rate of PKP after osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, increase bone density and reduce the incidence of fracture, which is worthy of clinical application.
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PURPOSE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy and shortcomings of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd-YAG) laser membranotomy in inadvertently retained host membrane. METHODS: Among 742 patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) and deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) surgery at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital between January 2007 and May 2013 by a single surgeon, 10 patients had a thin, opaque membrane in the anterior chamber observed under slit lamp examination and both a subjective decrease in visual acuity and decrease i best corrected visual acuity. A single surgeon performed membranotomy using the Nd-YAG laser at 4.9 months after graft surgery. In this study we compared the differences in visual acuity, endothelial cell count and correlations between distance from donor endothelium and retained host membrane and endothelial loss before and after the graft surgery. RESULTS: Patients who had Nd-YAG laser membranotomy performed on the retained host membrane showed significant improvements in visual acuity (p = 0.039). Donor endothelial cell count was significantly reduced 1 month after Nd-YAG laser. The average distance between donor endothelium and retained host membrane was 712.0 +/- 217.5 microm. The distance and the decreased donor endothelial cell count were not statistically correlated (R2 = 0.39, p = 0.072). There were no significant complications after the laser membranotomy. CONCLUSIONS: Inadvertently retained host membrane forms close to the donor endothelium as identified on optical coherence tomography (OCT) images. Nd-YAG laser membranotomy significantly affected clear vision but endothelial cell count loss was also observed.