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Vertebroplasty, First 1000 Levels of a Single Center: Evaluation of the Outcomes and Complications

K.F. Laytona,c, K.R. Thielena, C.A. Kochb, P.H. Luetmera, J.I. Lanea, J.T. Walda and D.F. Kallmesa

a Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn
b Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minn
c Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex


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  		Fig 1. Number of procedures performed with the patient under general anesthesia with time.


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  		Fig 2. Distribution of treated compression fractures.


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  		Fig 3. Pain relief following vertebroplasty by using the visual analog pain scale.


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  		Fig 4. Comparison of the average Roland-Morris score before and after vertebroplasty.


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  		Fig 5. Visual analog pain score changes in the subset of patients who did not experience any pain relief at the 2-hour postprocedure evaluation. Despite no pain relief at 2 hours, these patients experienced significant pain relief at the remaining follow-up time points up to 2 years.


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  		Fig 6. Distribution of cases with cement leakage outside the vertebral body.





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