title: Treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with percutaneous vertebroplasty under local anesthesia: clinical and radiological results.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Vertebroplasty (VP) is a commonly used method for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF). The aim of this study is to analyze retrospectively the efficacy of PV in symptomatic osteoprotic spine fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with symptomatic osteoporotic spine fractures were included in our study. Visual analog scale and demographic characteristics were used for clinical examination, local wedge angle and the central height of the vertebral body were measured preoperatively and postoperatively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  95 patients (72 female, 23 male) were included and 118 level vertebroplasty were performed. There was statistical significance in the differences of preoperative VAS scores compared to postoperative first day, first month and sixth month. The radiologic assessment of the mean local wedge angle correction at the postoperative sixth month, was 13.9 and mean increase of mid height of vertebral body was 7.9 mm, but it was not statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VP is at an important point as a minimally invasive method, that provides rapid pain relief in symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral fractures and that prevents the patient being bed-dependent. It is a reliable surgical method, being an alternative to open surgery with minimal complications in patients with comorbidities, which can be arapidley applied and decreases the potential spinal deformity after the fracture and prevents the progression of deformity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Akdeniz University Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Balkarli
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Süleyman Demirel University Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demirtas
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Medicine, Samsun 19 Mayıs University Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mesut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilic
authors.affiliation: Department Of Anesthesiology, Medeniyet University Göztepe Education and Research Hospital İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozturk
keywords: Vertebroplasty; local wedge angle; osteoporotic vertebral fractures; the central height of the vertebral body; visual analogous scale