Research Article
Vertebral Augmentation for Painful Type 4 Osteoporotic Compression Fractures: A Comparative Study
Table 2
Technique and complications of VBA.
| | | VP or KP (n = 37) |
| | Type of procedure, % (n) | | | Vertebroplasty | 67.6% (25) | | Kyphoplasty | 32.4% (12) | | Injection laterality, % (n) | | | Unilateral | 72% (54) | | Bilateral | 22.7% (17) | | N/A | 5.3% (4) | | Amount of cement, mL (±SD) | 3.6 (±1.7) | | Complications, % (n) | | | None | 59.5% (22) | | Intradiscal cement leakage | 21.6% (8) | | Paravertebral veins cement leakage | 8.1% (3) | | Surrounding tissues cement leakage | 5.4% (2) | | Late adjacent-level fractures | 5.4% (2) |
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