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Clinical Study
Does Percutaneous Kyphoplasty Have Better Functional Outcome Than Vertebroplasty in Single Level Osteoporotic Compression Fractures? A Comparative Prospective Study
Table 2
Complications of cement augmentation procedures in our patients.
Type of complication
Incidence in VP (%)
Incidence in KP (%)
Intraoperative:
Cement extravasation into disc space
6 (21.4)
2 (6.9)
Cement extravasation into paravertebral space
1 (3.6)
2 (6.9)
Cement extravasation inside injection tract
3 (10.7)
0 (0)
Rib fracture
1 (3.6)
2 (6.9)
Postoperative:
Superior adjacent vertebral fracture
1 (3.6)
2 (6.9)
Inferior adjacent vertebral fracture
3 (10.7)
4 (13.8)
Nonadjacent vertebral fracture
1 (3.6)
2 (6.9)