Does Balloon Kyphoplasty Deliver More Cement Safely into Osteoporotic Vertebrae with Compression Fractures Compared with Vertebroplasty? A Study in Vertebral Analogues

Conclusions High-viscosity cement injected using vertebroplasty delivers more cement volume before cement leakage and fills the vertebral body more uniformly when compared with balloon kyphoplasty in osteoporotic vertebrae with compression fractures.[...]Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Global Spine Journal - February 26, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Abduljabbar, Fahad H.Al-jurayyan, AbdulazizAlqahtani, SaadSardar, Zeeshan M.Saluja, Rajeet SinghOuellet, JeanWeber, MichaelSteffen, ThomasBeckman, LorneJarzem, Peter Tags: Original Article Source Type: research