High rate of vertebral refracture after vertebroplasty in patients taking glucocorticoids: a prospective two-year study.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients under treatment with GC show a two-fold increased risk of new VFx after PVP with respect to patients with primary OP. This should be weighed in the individual risk/benefit assessment of the procedure. PMID: 31820731 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research