Clinical Study

Minimally Invasive Technique for PMMA Augmentation of Fenestrated Screws

Table 1

Patient characteristics. The table shows demographics, underlying cause for performing minimally invasive cement-augmented screw-rod spondylodesis and spine region of the instrumentation.

Demographics
 Number of patients35
 Patient age (y)#72.8 ± 8.8
 Sex (female : male)25 : 10
 Body mass index (kg/m2)#27.3 ± 4.8
Diagnosis
  Degenerative/deformative disorder22
  Spinal trauma/osteoporotic compression/burst fracture6
  Spinal tumor/metastasis7
Location of instrumentation
 Thoracic spine2
 Thoracolumbar junction2
  Lumbar spine31

Data are presented as mean with standard deviation.