Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 53-66, March 2008

Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Complications and Their Management

  • Eeric Truumees, MD

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Section of Spinal Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI; Gehring Biomechanics Laboratory, Royal Oak, MI; and Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

Over the last decade, the utilization of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures in the treatment of osteoporotic and other pathologic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine has exploded. Generally, these procedures are well tolerated and associated with relatively low complication rates. Serious complications, however, do occur with both procedures.

Keywords: osteoporosis, vertebral compression fracture, vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, complications, polymethylmethacrylate

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PII: S1040-7383(07)00132-3

doi:10.1053/j.semss.2007.11.008

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 20, Issue 1 , Pages 53-66, March 2008

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