Twelve-Months Follow-up in Forty-Nine Patients With Acute/Semiacute Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Treated Conservatively or With Percutaneous Vertebroplasty

Abstract

PVP is a good treatment for some patients with acute/subacute painful osteoporotic vertebral fractures, but the majority of fractures will heal after 8 to 12 weeks of conservative treatment with subsequent decline in pain. The risk of new fractures needs further research.