Publications by authors named "Xue-Piao Zhu"
Medicine (Baltimore)
July 2018
Article Synopsis
- Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) are common in older adults, causing pain, deformity, and decreased quality of life, prompting the need for effective treatments like percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA), nerve block (NB), and conservative treatment (CT).
- A systematic review of randomized controlled trials evaluated the efficacy of PVP, PKP, NB, and CT for OVCF treatment, using statistical methods to analyze pain relief outcomes over short and long-term periods.
- The findings indicated that PVA (specifically PKP and PVP) provided better pain relief compared to CT, with PKP being particularly effective for acute cases in the long-term and chronic cases in both short and long-term, while NB
