The recognition of risk factors for patients with kyphoplasty — such as the cement viscosity, injected cement volume, vertebral body wall incompetence and history of pulmonary disease — can decrease the risk of complications for the patients, according to an article published in the Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques.
Researchers examined 71 patients with 171 vertebral compression fractures that were treated by percutaneous kyphoplasty. All patients experienced immediate and significant improvement in back pain after the procedure.
Cement leakage occurred in 9.94 percent of the patients, and 5.63 percent of the patients developed pulmonary complications postoperatively. During the follow-up, 8.45 percent of the patients experienced a recurrence vertebral compression fracture.
Read the abstract for "Correlative Factor Analysis on the Complications Resulting From Cement Leakage After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture."
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Researchers examined 71 patients with 171 vertebral compression fractures that were treated by percutaneous kyphoplasty. All patients experienced immediate and significant improvement in back pain after the procedure.
Cement leakage occurred in 9.94 percent of the patients, and 5.63 percent of the patients developed pulmonary complications postoperatively. During the follow-up, 8.45 percent of the patients experienced a recurrence vertebral compression fracture.
Read the abstract for "Correlative Factor Analysis on the Complications Resulting From Cement Leakage After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture."
Read other coverage on spine surgery studies:
- Study: In-Hospital Death More Likely for Revision Spine Surgery in Patients
- Study: Cervical Cord Compressions Most Common Among Older Male Patients
- First Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment in a Human Used to Treat Spinal Cord Injury