Percutaneous vertebroplasty: functional improvement in patients with osteoporotic compression fractures.

Study Design: Prospective, double-cohort study.

Objective: To evaluate conservative and percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) management of osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

Summary Of Background Data: PV is an elective alternative to conservative management for the treatment of a painful osteoporotic vertebral fracture.

Predictors of outcomes of percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures.

Study Design: Retrospective review of all percutaneous vertebroplasties performed in the authors' institution from November 1994 to June 2002. OBJECTIVE.: To determine the factors affecting the outcome of percutaneous vertebroplasty for the treatment of persistent painful osteoporotic fractures.