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Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF)

Procedure Description and Analysis of the Outcomes in 128 Patients

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Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy for Spine and Nerves

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 108))

Abstract

In recent years, the advent of percutaneous techniques in the management of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures has proven to be a great step forward in the evolution of patients suffering from this pathology.

Vertebroplasty, which was developed in 1984 by Galibert and Deramond, presents the disadvantage of leakage of the cementation material and the impossibility to restore spinal deformity. Kyphoplasty has shown to be almost a definite solution to these problems. The description of the technique, its indications, and the outcomes resulting from our series of 200 vertebral fractures in 128 patients are presented in this paper.

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  1. Instituto de Neurociencias, Columna Vertebral y Dolor, Calle 38-740, CP:1900, La Plata, Argentina

    Guillermo Saul Fernandez Molina, A. Campero, R. Feito & S. Pombo

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  1. Istituto per lo studio e la cura delle, mallettie del sistema nervoso perif., European Neurosurgical Institut, Via Ghirada 2, Treviso, 31100, Italy

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  2. University of Planalto Central and South, School of Medicine, SCN Qd 05 Bl. A Sala 912, Brazil, Brazil

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  3. Florence and Rome University, Via Jacopo Nardi 15, Florence, 50132, Italy

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Molina, G.S.F., Campero, A., Feito, R., Pombo, S. (2011). Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF). In: Alexandre, A., Masini, M., Menchetti, P. (eds) Advances in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Therapy for Spine and Nerves. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 108. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99370-5_24

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