Search

To compare percutaneous vertebroplasty (VP) and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) for their effectiveness and safety in the treatment of newly onset osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCF). Patients with confirmed diagnosis of newly onset osteoporotic VCF and treated in our center between January 2008 and December 2016 were retrospectively included in the study. Patients were divided into 2 groups according the surgical treatment they have received. They were followed for 12 months after surgery by outpatient visits and phone interviews. Changes in VAS and ODI scores, quantity of injected bone cement, cost of treatment, changes in the height of the vertebra, incidence of complications such as bone cement leakage, adjacent level vertebral fracture during follow up and total were compared between the 2 groups. A total of 338 patients were included in the final analysis. Demographic characteristics were similar in 2 groups. There were no significant differences between the 2 groups concerning VAS and ODI scores after the surgery and at last follow up (P > .05). However, total cost of treatment, quantity of injected bone cement, incidence of adjacent level fracture, restored vertebral height and the loss of vertebral body height at the last follow up were significantly higher in the BKP group than the VP group (P

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of Halo-pelvic ring traction in the treatment of severe kyphotic deformity secondary to spinal tuberculosis. Eighty patients with severe kyphotic deformity due to spinal tuberculosis were included in the study. Forty of those patients (experimental group) received Halo- pelvic ring traction before surgery and the rest (control group) received surgical treatment directly. Two groups were compared by means of the duration of surgery, intraoperative blood loss, correction of Cobb angle, change in patient height, and American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment scale. Halo-pelvic traction group achieved significantly (P