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01-01-2013 | Original Paper

Pain reduction following vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty

Authors: Renbin Dong, Liang Chen, Tiansi Tang, Yong Gu, Zongping Luo, Qin Shi, Xuefeng Li, Qingsheng Zhou, Huilin Yang

Published in: International Orthopaedics | Issue 1/2013

Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate the clinical efficacy, especially the pain reduction, of vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).

Methods

Eighty-six patients with OVCFs were treated with vertebroplasty or balloon kyphoplasty. All patients were followed up for seven–36 months. Visual analog scale (VAS), vertebral height, and local kyphotic angle were evaluated at pre-operation, postoperation, and final follow-up.

Results

The VAS pain score decreased significantly after surgery in both kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty groups (p < 0.001), and the improvement of VAS score had no significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.826). There was a significant difference in the improvement of vertebral height (p < 0.001) and local kyphotic angle (p < 0.001) between the two groups. Improvement of VAS score had no correlation with improvement of vertebral height (vertebroplasty: r = −0.029, p = 0.869; kyphoplasty: r = 0.175, p = 0.219) or local kyphotic angle (vertebroplasty: r = 0.159, p = 0.361; kyphoplasty: r = 0.144, p = 0.312) in either group.

Conclusion

Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are effective procedures for the reduction of pain in OVCFs, and they have the same efficient effect on pain reduction. Correction of vertebral height and local kyphosis may have minimal effect on pain reduction.

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Title: Pain reduction following vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty
Authors: Renbin Dong
Liang Chen
Tiansi Tang
Yong Gu
Zongping Luo
Qin Shi
Xuefeng Li
Qingsheng Zhou
Huilin Yang
Publication date: 01-01-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: International Orthopaedics / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0341-2695
Electronic ISSN: 1432-5195
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-012-1709-0

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Pain reduction following vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty

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