Clinical treatment of osteoporotic refracture after vertebroplasty / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the treatment method of osteoporotic refracture after vertebroplasty.Methods One hundred and twenty patients (140 vertebraes) with osteoporotic fractures from January 2010 to January 2011 were selected,12 months after operation,15 cases of refracture (20vertebraes) patients as the research object,11 cases were given bone cement to strengthen treatment,postoperative anti-infection,recovery given a positive rehabilitation exercise instruction ;4 cases were given anti-osteoporosis treatment.Follow-up of 10 months,whether leakage of bone cement and the recovery of anti-osteoporosis treatment were observed.Results Eleven patients with refracture in the process of bone cement injection had no prevertebral venous leakage and disc leakage,none of the patients had bone cement leakage after operation;including 3 cases occurred back pain after injection,the main consideration was surgery influenced the local nerve functions and given analgesic treatment,then pain significantly reduced; 4cases with anti-osteoporosis therapy and recoverd better,no pain and other unsuitable symptom occurred.Postoperative 3 d all of the patients could get out of bed,were discharged on 1 week after operation.All patients were not appear the adverse host reaction of fillers,with no occurrence of refracture.Through visual analog pain scale(VAS) score,VAS score in the 3 d after treatment and end-stage follow-up were significantly lower than before treatment [(3.05 ± 0.55),(0.05 ± 0.15) scores vs.(6.95 ± 0.65) scores],and VAS score at the time of end-stage follow-up was lower than 3 d after treatment,there was significant difference (P ＜0.05).Conclusion Bone cement to strengthen with anti-infection and rehabilitation exercise instruction and anti-osteoporosis in the treatment of osteoporotic refracture after vertebroplasty curative effect,safe and reliable effect,worthy of clinical popularization and application.