Effect of Preoperative Zoledronic Acid Administration on Pain Intensity after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures

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A 70-year-old woman. (a, b) Radiographs obtained in positive and lateral positions, showing a T12–L2 osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. (c) Lumbar magnetic resonance image showing T12 and L2 vertebral body morphology changes. (d) Lumbar computed tomographic image showing T12 and L2 osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. (e, f) Radiographs obtained in the positive and lateral positions after the first PVP operation for the T12 and L2 osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. (g–i) At 8 months after the first treatment, the radiograph obtained in the positive and lateral positions and lumbar magnetic resonance image show new osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures at L1 and L3.

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