BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Previous investigators have reported on benefits and risks
associated with vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, but there are limited comparison data …

BACKGROUND: Vertebroplasty (VP) and kyphoplasty (KP) are routinely used to treat
vertebral body compression fractures (VCFs) resulting from osteoporosis or vertebral body …

Study Design. Retrospective study. Objective. To identify risk factors for cement leakage in
percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) using low-viscosity bone cement for osteoporotic …

Delayed post-traumatic osteonecrosis, also known by its eponym Kummell's disease, is a
rarely reported clinical entity that likely occurs with higher frequency than recognized. We …

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
(NSQIP), a prospectively collected multicenter surgical outcomes database. Objective: To …

The three major causes of vertebral body collapse include infection, malignant neoplasia,
and trauma and it may be difficult to distinguish between them, particularly in the presence of …

We investigated the safety and efficacy of treating osteoporotic vertebral compression
fractures with an intravertebral cleft by balloon kyphoplasty. Our study included 27 patients …

Study Design: A meta-analysis. Objective: The aim is to compare the efficacy of
percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in treating …

Background The impact of intravertebral cleft (IVC) on cement leakage in percutaneous
vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) has been …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to compare the incidence and location of cement
leakage in percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic compression fractures with and …