TABLE 1:

Patient characteristics

Patients with Cement Leakage into the Disk during Vertebroplasty (n = 18)Patients with No Cement Leakage into the Disk during Vertebroplasty (n = 20)
Average age (yr)7480
 Range (yr)45–8956–94
Sex
 Male85
 Female1015
Cause
 Osteoporosis1517
 Metastatic disease33