title: [Calcium phosphate paste injection for the treatment of vertebral fracture due to osteoporosis].
abstract: The authors have developed the transpedicular injection of bioactive calcium phosphate paste into the vertebra for the biological and mechanical repair of osteoporotic vertebral fracture and pseudarthrosis without a neurologic involvement. The clinical outcomes for 25 cases suggest that this relatively less invasive procedure could be a valuable measure in the treatment of vertebral fracture with severe osteoporosis, providing significant and early pain relief, good correction of the wedged deformity of the vertebra with some loss of correction, and successful biological repair of fracture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kochi Medical School.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Takemasa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto