New symptomatic vertebral compression fractures within a year following vertebroplasty in osteoporotic women.
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.
Syed
Mubin I
MI
Department of Radiology, Mercy Medical Center, Springfield, OH 45501, USA.
Patel
Neel A
NA
Jan
Solomon
S
Harron
Michael S
MS
Morar
Kamal
K
Shaikh
Azim
A
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