The Clinical Outcomes of Kyphoplasty for the Treatment of Malignant Vertebral Compression Fractures / 대한통증학회지
The Korean Journal of Pain
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: 197-201, 2008.
Artigo
em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that can stabilize osteoporotic and neoplastic vertebral fractures. We retrospectively evaluated the clinical outcomes of kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures in cancer patients.METHODS:
We reviewed the clinical data of 27 cancer patients who were treated with kyphoplasty (55 vertebral bodies) between May 2003 and Feb 2008. The clinical parameters, using a visual analog 10 point scale (VAS) and the mobility scores, as well as consumption of analgesic, were evaluated preoperatively and at 1 week after kyphoplasty.RESULTS:
A total 55 cases of thoracic and lumbar kyphoplasties were performed without complications. The mean age of the patients was 66 years. All the patients experienced a significant improvement in their subjective pain and mobility immediately after the procedures. The pain scores (VAS), mobility scores and other functional evaluations using the Oswestry disability score and the SF-36 showed significant differences between the pre- and postoperational conditions.CONCLUSIONS:
Kyphoplasty is an effective, minimally invasive procedure that can relieve the pain of patients with vertebral compression fractures and these fractures are the result of metastasis.
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Assunto principal:
Estudos Retrospectivos
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Fraturas por Compressão
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Cifoplastia
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Metástase Neoplásica
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo observacional
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
The Korean Journal of Pain
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
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