title: Intracorporal bone grafting for vertebral compression fractures with intraosseous vacuum phenomenon.
abstract: From April 1998 to January 2000 we treated 14 patients with vertebral osteoporotic compression fractures and intraosseous vacuum phenomenon with intracorporal bone grafting using a mixture of autogenous bone graft and calcium sulfate and posterior instrumentation. The mixture was packed into the fractured vertebral body through two tunnels created in the pedicles. Eleven patients were followed for a minimum of 24 months. All vertebral bodies healed. There were no perioperative complications. The average vertebral height restoration was 31%. On the visual analogue scale, there was an improvement of average 37 clinical scores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Hsin Street, 333, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China. lhchen2132@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Lih-Huei
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Po-Liang
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Chi-Chien
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: Chih-Hwa
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Jer
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tsai-Sheng
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D002133:Calcium Sulfate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014618:Vacuum
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002133:Calcium Sulfate