Clinical observation on treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture by means of percutaneous vertebropasty / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explorer the therapeutic effect of percutaneous vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture.Methods Thirty patients with vertebral diseases were treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty;the therapeutic effects were analyzed statistically and retrospectively.Results The vertebral heights,Cobb angles and VAS scores were improved after operation,and 13 cases had marginal cement leakage; 30cases were followed-up for 2 to 24 months with an average of 8 months; patients with thoracolumbar lesions had obvious pain relief during follow-up.Conclu sions Percutaneous vertebroplasty has exact clinical curative effect in the treatment of elderly osteoporotic vertebral fracture.