PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Syed, Mubin I.
AU  - Patel, Neel A.
AU  - Jan, Solomon
AU  - Harron, Michael S.
AU  - Morar, Kamal
AU  - Shaikh, Azim
TI  - New Symptomatic Vertebral Compression Fractures within a Year Following Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Women
DP  - 2005 Jun 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1601--1604
VI  - 26
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/6/1601.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/6/1601.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2005 Jun 01; 26
AB  - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Percutaneous vertebroplasty has been performed in the United States in an increasing volume since the mid-1990s. The purpose of this study is to analyze the risk of a new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures within 1 year of having an acute/subacute fracture treated with vertebroplasty.METHODS: A retrospective analysis was performed in which 253 female patients were found to have acute/subacute vertebral compression fractures secondary to osteoporosis treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty. Occurrences of new symptomatic vertebral compression fractures were recorded for a year following initial vertebroplasty.RESULTS: Fifty-five patients (21.7%) of the 253 osteoporotic women with one or more initial fractures experienced a new symptomatic vertebral compression fracture within 1 year.CONCLUSION: Roughly one-fifth of osteoporotic women with acute/subacute fracture treated with vertebroplasty will have a subsequent fracture within 1 year.