Histomorphometric analysis of fracture healing cascade in acute osteoporotic vertebral body fractures.

Background: While fracture healing has been well characterised in long bones, there is scant data relating to this process in acute vertebral body fractures.

Aim: To characterise the histological process of fracture healing in acute osteoporotic vertebral body fractures using qualitative and quantitative bone histomorphometry.

Subjects And Methods: Transpedicular bone biopsy was performed in patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty.