Osteoporosis increases the risk of spontaneous fractures of skeleton by
enhancing the microstructure of the bones. Kyphoplasty is preferred for
decreasing the pain and disability in treatment of spinal fractures. We
aimed to report our clinical experience in kyphoplasty for spinal frac-
ture treatment and to express a brief literature review. We performed
balloon kyphoplasty in 14 patients with osteoporotic spinal fractures
between January 2012 and July 2015. Nine of the patients were women
and 5 were men. Age of the patients ranged between 59 to 81 years. We
think that spinal fractures should be initially treated with conventional
methods, however, kyphoplasty should be done without a delay because
it is very effective in pain and other complications of the fracture and a
relatively safer method than other interventions.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Case Report |
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Publication Date | October 25, 2019 |
Submission Date | November 30, 2015 |
Acceptance Date | February 6, 2016 |
Published in Issue | Year 2018 Volume: 35 Issue: 1 |
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