title: Comparative review of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.
abstract: The aim of this review is to compare the effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty to treat pain and improve functional outcome from vertebral fractures secondary to osteoporosis and tumor conditions. In 2009, two open randomized controlled trials published in the New England Journal of Medicine questioned the value of vertebroplasty in treating vertebral compression fractures. Nevertheless, the practice of physicians treating these conditions has barely changed. The objective of this review is to try to clarify the most important issues, based on our own experience and the reported evidence about both techniques, and to guide towards the most appropriate choice of treatment of vertebral fractures, although many questions still remain unanswered.
authors: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Luis Guzmán Álvarez, Maria del Mar Castellano García, Radiology Department, Hospital of Traumatology, 18014 Granada, Spain.
authors: Fernando
authors: F
authors: Ruiz Santiago
authors: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Luis Guzmán Álvarez, Maria del Mar Castellano García, Radiology Department, Hospital of Traumatology, 18014 Granada, Spain.
authors: Alicia
authors: A
authors: Santiago Chinchilla
authors: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Luis Guzmán Álvarez, Maria del Mar Castellano García, Radiology Department, Hospital of Traumatology, 18014 Granada, Spain.
authors: Luis
authors: L
authors: Guzmán Álvarez
authors: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Luis Guzmán Álvarez, Maria del Mar Castellano García, Radiology Department, Hospital of Traumatology, 18014 Granada, Spain.
authors: Antonio Luis
authors: AL
authors: Pérez Abela
authors: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Luis Guzmán Álvarez, Maria del Mar Castellano García, Radiology Department, Hospital of Traumatology, 18014 Granada, Spain.
authors: Maria Del Mar
authors: Mdel M
authors: Castellano García
authors: Fernando Ruiz Santiago, Luis Guzmán Álvarez, Maria del Mar Castellano García, Radiology Department, Hospital of Traumatology, 18014 Granada, Spain.
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Pajares López
keywords: Kyphoplasty; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture; Vertebroplasty; spine metastasis