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Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with a Facet Joint Block for Relieving Acute Back Pain Post-Operatively

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September 2022

Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with a Facet Joint Block for Relieving Acute Back Pain Post-Operatively

Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Vertebroplasty combined with facet joint block vs. vertebroplasty alone in relieving acute pain of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a randomized controlled clinical trial

BMC Musculoskelet Disord . 2022 Aug 23;23(1):807.

Contributing Authors:
SJ Dang WB Wei L Wei J Xu

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Synopsis

Two hundred and eight patients undergoing surgery for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures were randomized to receive either percutaneous vertebroplasty with a facet joint block (PF; n=104) or percutaneous vertebroplasty alone (P; n=104). The primary outcomes of this trial were Visual Analogue Score (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) scores on postoperative day 1, and 1, 3, 6, and 1...

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