Risk factors for cement leakage after percutaneous vertebral augmentation for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a meta-analysis.

Background: Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF) may necessitate percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA), a procedure not without its risks. One notable complication is cement leakage (CL), which can cause significant distress in patients. Despite its clinical importance, there remains a paucity of meta-analyses investigating these complications and their management in the existing literature.

[Percutaneous pedicle screw anchored vertebral augmentation for the treatment of Kümmell disease without neurological symptoms].

Objective: To explore the clinical effect of percutaneous pedicle screw anchored vertebral augmentation(PPSAVA) in the treatment of asymptomatic Kümmell disease without neurological symptoms.

Methods: The clinical data of 20 patients with Kümmell disease without neurological symptoms treated with PPSAVA in our hospital from January 2019 to December 2021 were analyzed retrospectively, including 5 males and 15 females, aged 56 to 88 (74.95±9.

Effect of cervical spine motion on displacement of posterolateral annulus fibrosus in cervical spondylotic radiculopathy with contained posterolateral disc herniation: a three-dimensional finite element analysis.

Background: Previous studies on dynamic impingement of nerve root in cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) have focused on effect of cervical spine motion (CSM) on dimensional changes of intervertebral foramen. However, there are few studies to investigate effect of CSM on displacement of posterolateral intervertebral disc until now. The present study aimed to investigate effect of CSM on displacement of posterolateral annulus fibrosus (AF) in CSR with contained posterolateral disc herniation.

Investigating the mechanical effect of the sagittal angle of the cervical facet joint on the cervical intervertebral disc.

Background: Facet tropism is defined as the asymmetry between the left and right facet joints relative to the sagittal plane. Published clinical studies have found that facet tropism is associated with cervical disc herniation. However, the relationship between the facet orientation and the side of cervical disc herniation remains controversial.

Biomechanical evaluation of strategies for adjacent segment disease after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: is the extension of pedicle screws necessary?

Background: Adjacent segment disease (ASD) is a well-known complication after interbody fusion. Pedicle screw-rod revision possesses sufficient strength and rigidity. However, is a surgical segment with rigid fixation necessary for ASD reoperation? This study aimed to investigate the biomechanical effect of different instrumentation on lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) for ASD treatment.

The relationship between facet tropism and cervical disc herniation.

Many studies have demonstrated the association between facet tropism and disc herniation in the lumbar spine. Some of them found that lumbar disc herniation was on the side of the more sagittal facet joint interface. However, little is understood about the association of facet tropism with disc herniation in the cervical spine.

Biomechanical Effects of Lateral Bending Position on Performing Cervical Spinal Manipulation for Cervical Disc Herniation: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis.

Background: Most studies report that the common position of cervical spinal manipulation (CSM) for treating symptomatic cervical disc herniation (CDH) is lateral bending to the herniated side. However, the rationality of lateral bending position on performing CSM for CDH is still unclear.

Objective: The purpose of this study is to investigate the biomechanical effects of lateral bending position on performing CSM for CDH.

Risk Factors for the Occurrence of Insufficient Cement Distribution in the Fractured Area after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures.

Background: Insufficient cement distribution (ICD) in the fractured area has been advocated to be responsible for unsatisfied pain relief after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). However, little is known about risk factors for the occurrence of ICD.

Objective: The present study aimed to identify independent risk factors of the emergence of ICD.

Efficacy and safety of the target puncture technique for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with intravertebral clefts.

Objective: To compare the efficacy and safety of our target puncture technique with the traditional technique during percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) with intravertebral clefts (IVCs).

Methods: 104 patients treated with PKP for single OVCFs with IVCs were retrospectively reviewed. All patients were divided into three groups: cleft filling by the traditional technique (Group A, n=18); interdigitated filling (Group B, n=50); and overfilling by the target technique (Group C, n=36).

Intravertebral Vacuum Cleft and Its Varied Locations within Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: Effect on Therapeutic Efficacy.

Background: Previous studies have reported a high incidence of re-collapse of the augmented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) with intravertebral vacuum cleft (IVC) during long-term follow-up. Previous IVC might be considered an important predisposing factor for re-collapse, but the prior studies could not find a significant correlation.

Objective: To determine the incidence and distribution characteristics of IVCs and to further assess IVCs in their varied locations.

The therapeutic effect of intravertebral vacuum cleft with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: To date, there has been ongoing debate over whether intravertebral vacuum cleft (IVC) has the effect of therapeutic efficacy in percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) for the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs).

Objective: The aim of this meta-analysis was to calculate a pooled estimate of the IVCs on the effect of therapeutic efficacy of PVA for the treatment of OVCFs.

Methods: A systematic electronic literature search was performed using the following databases: PubMed, Embase and Cochrane Library; the databases were searched from the earliest available records up to June 2016.

Risk factors for recollapse of the augmented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures with intravertebral vacuum cleft.

To determine risk factors related to recollapse of the augmented vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) with intravertebral vacuum cleft (IVC).Fifty-two patients treated with PVP for single OVCFs with the IVC were retrospectively reviewed. The follow-up period was at least 2 years.

Pedicle screw fixation with kyphoplasty decreases the fracture risk of the treated and adjacent non-treated vertebral bodies: a finite element analysis.

Adjacent vertebral fractures are common in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) after kyphoplasty. This finite element study was to examine whether short segment pedicle screw fixation (PSF) with kyphoplasty may decrease the fracture risk of the treated and adjacent non-treated vertebrae after kyphoplasty for OVCFs. By simulating cement augmentation with or without short segment pedicle screw fixation (PSF), two tridimensional, anatomically detailed finite element models of the T10-L2 functional spinal junction were developed.

[COMPARISON OF EFFECTIVENESS BETWEEN PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY AND PERCUTANEOUS KYPHOPLASTY FOR TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE WITH INTRAVERTEBRAL VACUUM CLEFT].

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety between percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) with intravertebral vacuum cleft (IVC).

Methods: Between January 2010 and December 2013, 68 patients with single OVCF and IVC were treated, and the clinical data were retrospectively analyzed. Of 68 patients, 48 underwent PVP (PVP group) and 20 underwent PKP (PKP group).

[VALUE OF SMART PHONE Scoliometer SOFTWARE IN OBTAINING OPTIMAL LUMBAR LORDOSIS DURING L4-S1 FUSION SURGERY].

Objective: To investigate the value of smart phone Scoliometer software in obtaining optimal lumbar lordosis (LL) during L4-S1 fusion surgery.

Methods: Between November 2014 and February 2015, 20 patients scheduled for L4-S1 fusion surgery were prospectively enrolled the study. There were 8 males and 12 females, aged 41-65 years (mean, 52.

[Correlation analysis of cement leakage with volume ratio of intravertebral bone cement to vertebral body and vertebral body wall incompetence in percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures].

Objective: To investigate the risk factors of cement leakage in percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF).

Methods: Between March 2011 and March 2012, 98 patients with single level OVCF were treated by PVP, and the clinical data were analyzed retrospectively. There were 13 males and 85 females, with a mean age of 77.

Biomechanical effects of cement distribution in the fractured area on osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a three-dimensional finite element analysis.

Background: According to some clinical studies, insufficient cement distribution (ID) in the fractured area and asymmetrical cement distribution around the fractured area were thought to be the reasons for unrelieved pain and recollapse after percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) in the treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Methods: Finite element methods were used to investigate the biomechanical variance among three patterns of cement distribution (ID and sufficient cement distribution in the fractured area and asymmetrical cement distribution around the fractured area including upward [BU] and downward [BD] cement distribution).

Results: Compared with fractured vertebra before PVA, distribution of von Mises stress in the cancellous bone was transferred to be concentrated at the cancellous bone surrounding cement after PVA, whereas it was not changed in the cortical bone.