title: Trends in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty after thoracolumbar osteoporotic fracture: A large database study from 2005 to 2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of our study was to investigate the trends and incidence of vertebral augmentation procedures (VAPs) in treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 118,074 patients were analyzed. The overall incidence of VAPs was 15.2%. The incidence of VAPs was significantly higher in those 75-79 years old (20.4%), significantly higher in females than males (15.6% versus 14.9%), and most commonly performed in the South (17.7%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was a decline in the frequency of these procedures since 2008, but physicians are still performing these procedures, albeit at a much lower frequency than before 2009.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
authors.forename: Arash Joseph
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sayari
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
authors.forename: Yuzeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremiah Raphael
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
authors.forename: Nicholas Ishmael
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Van Halm-Lutterodt
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hai
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Zorica
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Buser
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey Chun
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wang
keywords: Compression fractures; Kyphoplasty; Osteoporosis; PearlDiver; Vertebroplasty