Greater Bone Cement Injections Can Help Deformity Corrections After Vertebroplasty

Spine

According to a study published in Spine, a greater volume of bone cement injected when performing vertebroplasty was positively correlated with better deformity correction outcomes, although it also increased the risk of adjacent level fracture. The study consisted of a retrospective review and analysis of patients who underwent single-level vertebroplasty between March 2002 and March 2006. A total of 166 patients with an average age of 73 were enrolled in the study.

Key findings from the study include:
•    A greater volume of bone cement injected correlated with a greater improvement of kyphosis.
•    Overall refracture rate was 38 percent, with a mean fracture-free interval of 32 months.
•    Both a greater volume of bone cement injected and a greater degree of vertebral height restored contributed significantly to the risk of subsequent adjacent fracture.
•    Most subsequent fractures occurred at the adjacent level within the first three months.

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