[Paraplegia caused by vertebral compression fractures in senile osteoporosis].
Paraplegia followed spontaneous deformed osteoporotic spine is very rare. Our own 3 cases treated conservatively in two and operatively in one with success and 11 cases reported in the literatures were analyzed. All patients were recovered from paraplegia. One patient was died one and a half year after the recovery of her paralytic episode. Thorough autopsy study of this patient showed no organic lesion in the regarded spinal cord due to such kind of spine deformity.
Maruo
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Orthopädische Klinik und Poliklinik der Hyogo Medizinischen Akademie, Nishinomiya, Japan.
Tatekawa
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Nakano
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography
Paraplegie infolge von Wirbelkompressionsfrakturen bei seniler Osteoporose.