Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Compression Fractures: Long-Term Evaluation of the Technical and Clinical Outcomes

Abstract

Percutaneous vertebroplasty was effective in relieving the pain associated with osteoporosis-induced VCFs, and the analgesic effect was long lasting when no new VCF occurred. However, radiologic follow-up observation showed that new VCFs occurred in approximately one-third of the patients.