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From: Complications and safety aspects of kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a prospective follow-up study in 102 consecutive patients

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A 56-year old lady presented with painful compression fractures at L2, L3, and L4 due to corticoid-induced secondary osteoporosis (a, b). As pain did not improve during non-surgical therapy for 6 weeks, kyphoplasty at L2–L4 was performed (c). Two weeks postoperatively the patient reported again severe back pain. The radiographs revealed an adjacent compression fracture at L1 (d). Therefore a kyphoplasty at L1 was performed (e). One month later the patient presented again with severe thoracolumbar back pain, because of an adjacent fracture at T12 (f). After kyphoplasty of T12 and prophylactic kyphoplasty of T11 the patient remained without further fractures (g).

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Patient Safety in Surgery

ISSN: 1754-9493