COA: Surgical Vs. conservative treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures .
A prospective comparative study to compared percutaneous transpedicular vertebroplasty to conservative methods in treatment patients with osteoporotic compression vertebral fractures a clinical follow up for 2 years
45 osteoporotic compression fracture patients were randomized to be treated with either percutaneous transpedicular vertebroplasty or conservative treatment, both combined with medical line prevention of osteoporosis. Two year results aimed to compare both methods in terms of pain, physical activities, functional outcome, and mental status. The results, measured by Stanford and Oswestry Disabilities Index (ODI), favoured the surgical intervention at all-time points. However, adjacent osteoporotic vertebral fractures could not be prevented in either group.
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