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American Journal of Neuroradiology 27:1397-1403, August 2006
© 2006 American Society of Neuroradiology

Review Article

Does Vertebroplasty Cause Incident Vertebral Fractures? A Review of Available Data

A.T. Trouta and D.F. Kallmesb

a College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
b Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn

Address correspondence to A. Trout, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First St Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905; e-mail: trout.andrew{at}mayo.edu

SUMMARY: Vertebroplasty has been in practice in the United States for approximately 10 years and has been described as providing significant benefit to patients with painful vertebral compression fractures. Although the procedure appears to provide dramatic pain relief, it is not without complications. The primary point of discussion in this paper is whether vertebroplasty predisposes patients to the development of additional vertebral fractures, at a rate higher than that seen in the absence of vertebroplasty. To date there remains no definitive answer to this question. There is, however, a significant body of data available in the literature that relates to this issue. This review explores and attempts to synthesize the data both supporting and refuting a relationship between vertebroplasty and the development of subsequent fractures.




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