Percutaneous kyphoplasty for the treatment of very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with spinal canal compromise

Percutaneous kyphoplasty for the treatment of very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with spinal canal compromise

Abstract Background Very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (vsOVCFs) are osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with vertebral body collapse to less than one third of their original height. Few data are available about the use of percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in treating vsO...

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Main Authors: Heng Wang, Zongyu Zhang, Yijie Liu, Weimin Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
Subjects:
Kyphoplasty
Osteoporosis
Very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture
Spinal canal compromise
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13018-018-0719-z

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