title: Kyphoplasty for the treatment of very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A retrospective evaluation of the clinical outcome and technical feasibility of kyphoplasty for the treatment of very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (vsOVCF).
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with vsOVCF were treated with kyphoplasty and followed-up for 1 year. Vertebral  body height variation, kyphotic angle, back pain (visual analogue scale [VAS]) and Oswestry disability index (ODI) were evaluated preoperatively, postoperatively, 1 month, 3 months and 1 year after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 35 patients (49 vertebrae) were treated with kyphoplasty. There  were no cases of spinal or extraspinal injury, infection, bleeding, pulmonary embolism, epidural cement leakage, stroke or cardiac arrest as a result of treatment. There were significant postoperative improvements in all outcome measures (vertebral body height variation, kyphotic angle, VAS  and ODI); these improvements were maintained during the follow-up period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Kyphoplasty is an effective and minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of vsOVCF.
authors: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors: H T
authors: HT
authors: Zhang
authors: Z Y
authors: ZY
authors: Sun
authors: X Y
authors: XY
authors: Zhu
authors: K W
authors: KW
authors: Chen
authors: Z L
authors: ZL
authors: Qian
authors: H L
authors: HL
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001416:Back Pain / Q000601:surgery; D001827:Body Height; D001843:Bone Cements; D005260:Female; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D058498:Kyphoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements