Single-level vertebral kyphoplasty is not associated with an increased risk of symptomatic secondary adjacent osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a matched case –control analysis

ConclusionsPatients with osteoporotic VCFs treated with kyphoplasty did not show an increased rate of additional symptomatic adjacent-level VCFs when compared to a non-operative control group matched for age, gender, fracture level, and bone mineral density.Level of Evidence: Level III.

Source: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery - July 27, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research