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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