Research progress in risk factors of residual back pain after vertebroplasty in thoracolumbar osteoporotic compression fractures / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

Thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture（OVCF）is more common in patients with osteoporosis，which seriously affects the life quality of the elderly. Percutaneous vertebroplasty（PVP）and percutaneous kyphoplasty（PKP）are the conventionally effective strategies for treatment of OVCF，whereas quite a lot OVCF patients still sufferred from residual back pain，affecting postoperative recovery. Bone density，postoperative infection，cement leakage induced nerve injury，fascia injury and facet joint violation may be the potential factors for residual back pain. In this study，the authors review advances in the definition of residual back pain in OVCF after surgery and related risk factors including injured vertebrae，bone density，fascia injury，intravertebral vacuum cleft，cement volume and distribution，surgical related factors including facet joint violation，hoping to provide a reference for clinical treatment.