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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Compression Fracture: Multivariate Study of Predictors of New Vertebral Body Fracture

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Abstract

Purpose

To investigate the risk factors and relative risk of new compression fractures following vertebroplasty.

Methods

Initially, we enrolled 104 consecutive patients with vertebral compression fractures caused by osteoporosis. A total of 83 of the 104 patients visited our hospital for follow-up examinations for more than 4 weeks after vertebroplasty. Logistic regression analysis of the data obtained from these 83 patients was used to determine relative risks of recurrent compression fractures, using 13 different factors.

Results

We identified 59 new fractures in 30 of the 83 patients: 41 new fractures in vertebrae adjacent to treated vertebrae; and 18 new fractures in vertebrae not adjacent to treated vertebrae. New fractures occurred in vertebrae adjacent to treated vertebrae significantly more frequently than in vertebrae not adjacent to treated vertebrae. Only cement leakage into the disk was a significant predictor of new vertebral body fracture after vertebroplasty (odds ratio = 4.633). None of the following covariates were associated with increased risk of new fracture: age, gender, bone mineral density, the number of vertebroplasty procedures, the number of vertebrae treated per procedure, the cumulative number of vertebrae treated, the presence of a single untreated vertebra between treated vertebrae, the presence of multiple untreated vertebrae between treated vertebrae, the amount of bone cement injected per procedure, the cumulative amount of bone cement injected, cement leakage into the soft tissue around the vertebra, and cement leakage into the vein.

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This paper was presented at CIRSE 2005.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono, Moriguchi, Osaka, 570-8507, Japan

    Atsushi Komemushi, Noboru Tanigawa, Shuji Kariya, Hiroyuki Kojima, Yuzo Shomura & Satoshi Sawada

  2. Schoool of Agriculture, Kinki University, 3327-204 Naka-machi, Nara, 631-8505, Japan

    Sadao Komemushi

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Komemushi, A., Tanigawa, N., Kariya, S. et al. Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Compression Fracture: Multivariate Study of Predictors of New Vertebral Body Fracture. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 29, 580–585 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-005-0138-5

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