Comparison of percutaneous vertebroplasty and conservative treatment for one level thoracolumbar osteoporotic compression fracture in a 3‑year study

This study compares a new method of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP), called mesh-optimized PVP, with the traditional PVP method for treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. The mesh optimization group had improved operation time, fluoroscopy times, bone cement injection volume, and bone cement permeability greater than the standard PVP group. Mesh-optimized PVP with a mesh locator treats osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures more safely and effectively than regular PVP.

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  Mesh optimization group had improved operation time (34.8 ± 6.5 min) compared to traditional PVP group (42.7 ± 8.2) min.
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  The times of intraoperative fluoroscopy in the mesh optimization group were lower by 22.4% than in the traditional PVP group.
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  The penetration incidence of bone cement in the traditional PVP group was about 5.5 times higher than in the mesh optimization group.