Kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures (VCF): Procedure description and analysis of the outcomes in 128 patients

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. © 2011 Springer-Verlag/Wien.