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01-12-2019 | Original Article

Risk factors for conservative treatment failure in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs)

Authors: JiaNan Zhang, Xin He, Yong Fan, JinPeng Du, DingJun Hao

Published in: Archives of Osteoporosis | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Summary

This study aimed to identify risk factors for failure of conservative treatment of acute OVCFs. The results showed age, BMD, BMI, mFI, and IVC were high-risk factors for failure of conservative treatment of acute OVCFs.

Purpose

This study aimed to identify risk factors for failure of conservative treatment of acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).

Methods

This is a retrospective study of patients presenting with acute OVCFs who were initiated on conservative treatment for 3 weeks. Conservative treatment was considered to have failed if patients were not satisfied with pain relief or there were bed rest-related complications. These patients progressed to operation. Patients were divided into a conservative treatment failure group (group A) and a conservative treatment group (group B). X-ray, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of two groups were performed on the first visit to our department due to OVCFs. Recorded data for comparison among groups included age, gender, fracture level, bone mineral density (BMD), body mass index (BMI), modified frailty index (mFI), whether the fractures were multiple (≥ 2 vertebral bodies was defined as multiple vertebral fractures) or combined with old fractures, and whether intervertebral cleft (IVC) was present.

Results

We collected data from 173 patients who underwent conservative treatment of acute OVCF in our hospital. Of these, 71 had conservative treatment failure, while 102 patients succeeded in long-term conservative treatment. After logistic regression analysis, age, BMD, BMI, mFI, and IVC were identified as high-risk factors for conservative treatment failure (P < 0.05). Age, BMD, BMI, and mFI were included in receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the result showed that the cutoff value of age was 73.5 years old, of BMI was 23.65 kg/m², of BMD was − 3.45, and mFI was 2.5.

Conclusion

According to the results of this study, patients with high-risk factors should be actively observed during conservative treatment, especially for patients with all of the above risk factors, but further research would be required before considering early-stage treatment policy change.

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Title: Risk factors for conservative treatment failure in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs)
Authors: JiaNan Zhang
Xin He
Yong Fan
JinPeng Du
DingJun Hao
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Archives of Osteoporosis / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 1862-3522
Electronic ISSN: 1862-3514
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11657-019-0563-8

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Risk factors for conservative treatment failure in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs)

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Summary

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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