Balloon Kyphoplasty
Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of vertebral compression fractures
... A balloon kyphoplasty, on the other hand, attempts to restore spinal alignment via a lower-pressure placement of cement into a cavity that is created in the vertebral body by a tamp inside the vertebral ...
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A Randomized Trial Comparing Balloon Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty for Vertebral Compression Fractures due to Osteoporosis
... after balloon kyphoplasty or ...for balloon kyphoplasty (solid lines) and vertebroplasty (dashed lines) for the SF-36 Physical Component Summary (scale 0 –100) (A); the total EQ-5D scores ...
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Posterior instrumentation after a failed balloon kyphoplasty in the thoracolumbar junction: a case report
... Case presentation: A 66-year-old man who was a farmer of Caucasian origin presented with a 6-month history of back pain after a fall. We discovered a significant T12 wedge compression fracture, so we performed a T12 ...
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Treatment of pathologic spinal fractures with combined radiofrequency ablation and balloon kyphoplasty
... with kyphoplasty for osteolytic compres- sion fractures resulting from multiple myeloma ...examinations. Kyphoplasty has a lower rate of cement leakage than vertebroplasty making the cement augmentation ...
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Is additional balloon Kyphoplasty safe and effective for acute thoracolumbar burst fracture?
... using balloon kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate cement combined with posterior short segmental ...using balloon at the site of the fractured vertebra is better than the indirect reduction by means ...
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Balloon kyphoplasty versus percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a meta-analysis and systematic review
... Different approaches are available for the treatment of OVCFs, including standard medical and surgical therapy. The standard medical therapy contains bed rest, analgesia, bracing, external fixation, rehabilitation, and a ...
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Balloon kyphoplasty in malignant spinal fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... [1,5,11,12]. Balloon Kyphoplasty (BKP) is a percutaneous procedure used to relieve pain, restore vertebral height and reduce biomechanical altera- tions of the spine caused by fractures, and in turn improve ...
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Alternatives to Balloon Kyphoplasty for Surgical Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures: A State-of-the-Art Review
... Background: For patients in whom the pain due to osteoporosis-induced vertebral compression fracture(s) is severe, persistent, and refractory to a conservative treatment (such as, analgesics, back bracing, or physical ...
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BIOMECHANICAL EFFECTS OF BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY ON TREATED AND ADJACENT NON-TREATED VERTEBRAL BODIES: PRE AND POST OPERATIVE EVALUATION
... Balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) is one of the most reliable minimally invasive surgery (MIS) procedure to treat osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures ...
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Balloon kyphoplasty and additional anterior odontoid screw fixation for treatment of unstable osteolytic lesions of the vertebral body C2: a case series
... CT-scan and MRI showed an unstable osteolytic lesion in C2 (16 mm × 11 mm × 15 mm) (Fig. 4) and an osteolytic lesion of C7 with destruction of the pedicle and with a spinal stenosis. First, we performed dorsal ...
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Quality of life results of balloon kyphoplasty versus non surgical management for osteoporotic vertebral fractures in Germany
... Balloon kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure of vertebral augmentation for the treatment of painful, acute ...The balloon is carefully inflated in order to restore the height and kyphotic ...
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Analysis of Related Factors on the Deformity Correction of Balloon Kyphoplasty
... damental basis for the diagnosis of osteoporosis. Osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (VCF) is the most common com- plication of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis causes the vertebra to be- come thin and fragile, ...
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Biomechanical Study of the Effects of Balloon Kyphoplasty on the Adjacent Vertebrae
... We used the finite element method (FEM) to investigate the stress profiles of verte- brae in patients who underwent balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) for vertebral fracture. BKP is often performed for persistent ...
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Comparison of PMMA Bone Cement Dosage Used in Vertebroplasty and Balloon Kyphoplasty: A Meta- analysis of Data from Randomized Controlled Trials
... and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) ...radiofrequency kyphoplasty [8], insertion of expandable titanium mesh cages [9], stentoplasty [10], a Nitinol coil with a external handle guiding mechanism (Kiva ...
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Epidural cement leakage through pedicle violation after balloon kyphoplasty causing paraparesis in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures - a report of two cases
... received balloon kyphoplasty using PMMA in the neurosurgery department at local ...the kyphoplasty, she was sent to our department due to severe bilateral radicular pain in thigh and legs, with ...
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Outcome of balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
... compared kyphoplasty (KP), percutaneous ver- tebroplasty (VP), and conservative treatment, reports that in comparison with conservative treatment, KP was better in terms of pain reduction and kyphotic deformity ...
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Radiofrequency-targeted vertebral augmentation versus traditional balloon kyphoplasty: radiographic and morphologic outcomes of an ex vivo biomechanical pilot study
... Mean PMMA volume was 6.6 ± 1.1 cc for RF-TVA and 6.5 ± 1.1 cc for BK. Following serial sectioning and prior to PMMA dissolution, specimens subjected to RF-TVA consistently showed a well-identified focal area of PMMA with ...
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Percutaneous Balloon Kyphoplasty with the Patient under Intravenous Analgesia and Sedation: A Feasibility Study
... PURPOSE: Kyphoplasty is a minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of malignant or osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures, normally performed with the patient under general ...percutaneous ...
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Vertebral Bone Drilling (Puncture) Attenuates the Intractable Pain Due to Vertebral Fractures without Collapse
... Most of the osteoporotic VFs are asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic [4]. The standard treatment for painful VFs consists of conservative medical therapy utilizing analgesics, bed rest, and external bracing. Symp- toms ...
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Critique of the Analysis of UpToDate com on the Treatment of Painful Vertebral Compression Fractures: Time to Update UpToDate
... SUMMARY: The treatment of painful vertebral compression fractures has changed substantially since the introduction of vertebroplasty in the mid-1980s and balloon kyphoplasty in the late 1990s. Both ...
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