Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2004
Yazarlar: Işıl Taş, Asiye Simin HEPGÜLER, Mehmet ZİLELİ, Sedat Çağlı, Sertaç İşlekel
Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 147-152 (2004), Uluslararası, 2004
Özet
In our study which is carried out to detect the effect of kyphoplasty over acute vertebral fractures, 8 patients; presenting with 6 osteoporotic, 1 tumoral, 1 traumatic acute vertebra fractures underwent kyphoplasty procedure at a total of 12 levels. No postoperative complications were detected, and as achieved, in the 6 th and 12 th month follow up periods, no adjacent vertebral fracture was observed with X ray imaging. With this small series, kyphoplasty has been shown to have affirmative effects in the treatment of acute vertebral fractures with respect to the visual analogue scale, Qualeffo-41 questionnaire and morphometric vertebral height measurements.