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Objective:To compare the clinical efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and non-surgical treatment of patients with type I fracture according to the acute symptomatic osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture (ASOTLF) classification.Methods:A retrospective case-control study was used to analyze the clinical data of 115 patients with ASOTLF admitted to Honghui Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University from January 2015 to December 2018. There were 48 males and 67 females, aged 65-92 years [(75.3±8.5)years]. According to clinical symptoms and imaging characteristics, all patients were identified with type I fracture according to the ASOTLF classification. Injury segments were at T 6 to T 10 in 10 patients, at T 11 in 15, at T 12 in 26, at L 1 in 34, ay L 2 in 18, at L 3 in 7, and at L 4 in 5. A total of 73 patients received PVP combined with anti-osteoporosis treatment (surgery group), and 42 patients received non-surgery combined anti-osteoporosis treatment (non-surgery group). Before treatment, at 1 day, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months after treatment, and at the last follow-up, the visual analogue scale (VAS) was used to assess the pain, the Roland Morris Disability (RMD) score to assess the spinal function, and the Quality of Life Questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO) score to evaluate the quality of life. The bone mineral density was compared between groups before treatment and at 1 year after treatment. The complications were observed as well. Results:All patients were followed up for 12-18 months [(13.2±4.6)months]. At 1 day, 1 month, and 3 months after treatment, the VAS in surgery group [(3.9±0.6)points, (3.3±0.6)points, (2.9±0.3)points] was significantly lower than that in non-surgery group [(6.0±0.7)points, (5.0±0.8)points, (4.2±1.0)points, respectively] (all P<0.05); the RMD score in surgery group [(15.2±0.7)points, (12.6±0.7)points, (10.6±0.7)points] was significantly lower than that in non-surgery group [(16.4±0.8)points, (14.6±0.8)points, (12.7±0.6)points, respectively] (all P<0.05). At 1 day and 1 month after treatment, the QUALEFFO score in surgery group [(46.0±1.1)points, (41.4±0.8)points] was lower than that in non-surgery group [(50.3±0.8)points, (44.7±1.2)points] (all P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups at other time points of the above indicators ( P>0.05). At 1 year after treatment, the bone mineral density in surgery group was (-3.0±0.9)SD, and was (-2.8±1.1)SD in non-surgery group ( P>0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of complications between surgery group [37%(27/73)] and non-surgery group [33%(14/42)] ( P>0.05). Conclusion:For patients with ASOTLF type I fracture, PVP and non-surgical treatment has similar effects in anti-osteoporosis and occurrence of complications, but the PVP is superior to non-surgical treatment in early pain relief, spinal function improvement and quality of life.
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Objective:To discuss the X-ray digital tomosynthesis (Digital Tomosynthesis, DTS) application value in the occult fractures of the scaphoid. Methods: we selected 19 patients in our hospital in 2012 examined by DTS, who were negative or highly suspicious of occult fracture with X-ray examination, and spiral CT (SCT) three-dimensional (3D) reconstructions were applied in seven patients. Results:There were 17 patients with fracture by DTS.7 patients showed fracture by spiral CT(SCT) three-dimensional(3D) reconstructions. Conclusion:Compared with X-ray examination, the image quality of Digital Tomosynthesis (DTS) is higher, which can show occult fracture better. Compared with CT, DTS can show spatial location of bony anatomy more clearly and can obtain more detailed information. With the important extension and supplement of CT and MRI, the distal tomosynthesisis is worth to be generalized for lower radiation, lower price, higher positive rate and high quality of the pictures.
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El trauma en extremidades es un evento que se presenta a diario en los servicios de urgencias en la mayoría de veces es de fácil diagnóstico imagenológico solo con radiología convencional. En algunas ocasiones, la persistencia del dolor osteomuscular, sin mejoría con el manejo médico, es la situación que lleva a consultar de nuevo al paciente para explorar su causa y la radiología convencional no muestra lesión ósea por lo cual la patología se convierte en un reto diagnóstico para el personal médico...
The limb trauma is an event that occurs daily in the emergency services in most times it is easy to imaging diagnosis only with conventional radiology. Sometimes, persistent musculoskeletal pain, no improvement with medical management, the situation is leading to consult again the patient to explore their cause and conventional radiology does not show bone injury which pathology becomes a diagnostic challenge medical personnel...