Introduction: Approximately 1.5 million fractures secondary to osteoporosis occur in the United States each year; 700,000 of these are spine fractures—more than hip and wrist fractures combined. Worldwide, one in three women and one in eight men over the age of 50 are affected by osteoporosis or osteopenia (low bone density). The fracture angles the spine forward and produces a hunchbacked appearance, called kyphosis. Patients with this condition are subject to debilitating pain, disturbed sleep, decreased lung and intestinal function, and difficulty completing routine activities.
Methods: We will show in this paper report the positive experience in 90 cases of osteoporotic vertebral fractures, treated with kyphoplasty in compares to others surgical techniques like vertebroplasty We selected only cases with vertebral osteoporotic fractures, with back pain, low strength deficits, some with initial deformity and history of minor spine traumas followed with the symptoms.
Results: The minimally invasive technique come with technology evolution, first with vertebroplasty, a good advance in this kind of treatment. Kyphoplasty gives surgeons a way to fix the broken bone without the problems associated with open surgery. The goal of kyphoplasty is to return the fractured vertebra as close as possible to its normal height. Special cement is then injected into the bone, fixing it in place. This reduces pain and spine deformity (kyphosis), enabling patients to get back to normal activities.
Conclusions: Our results show kyphoplasty is a safe and effective method to relieve pain and correct the deformity associated with an osteoporotic VCF. All patients have a shorter time recovered and pain relieve in 90%, some deficits of strength get also better.
Patient Care: relieve pain and correct the deformity associated with an osteoporotic vcf
Learning Objectives: clinical study