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Zoledronic Acid After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Fx Improves Pain, Disability & BMD

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May 2021

Zoledronic Acid After Percutaneous Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Fx Improves Pain, Disability & BMD

Vol: 34| Issue: 1| Number:1| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Clinical efficacy of zoledronic acid combined with percutaneous kyphoplasty in the prevention and treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Apr 2;100(13): e25215.

Contributing Authors:
K Li H Gong R Xie J Gu S Wang C Lin J Yin X Hou Q Zhang L Li Y Hao

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Synopsis

Eight randomized controlled trials including 578 patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture who underwent percutaneous kyphoplasty were randomized to undergo zoledronic acid injections (n=285) or no treatment (n=293). Primary outcomes included bone mineral density (BMD), pain on the visual analogue scale (VAS), disability using the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), incidence of recom...

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