title: New symptomatic vertebral compression fractures within a year following vertebroplasty in osteoporotic women.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Percutaneous vertebroplasty has been performed in the United States in an increasing volume since the mid-1990s. The purpose of this study is to analyze the risk of a new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures within 1 year of having an acute/subacute fracture treated with vertebroplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was performed in which 253 female patients were found to have acute/subacute vertebral compression fractures secondary to osteoporosis treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty. Occurrences of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures were recorded for a year following initial vertebroplasty.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-five patients (21.7%) of the 253 osteoporotic women with one or more initial fractures experienced a new symptomatic vertebral compression fracture within 1 year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Roughly one-fifth of osteoporotic women with acute/subacute fracture treated with vertebroplasty will have a subsequent fracture within 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, OH 45501, USA.
authors.forename: Mubin I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: Neel A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Solomon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Harron
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morar
authors.forename: Azim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shaikh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000209:etiology*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors