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Comparison of 5766 vertebral compression fractures treated with or without kyphoplasty.

Jay M JM Zampini, Andrew P AP White, and Kevin J KJ McGuire

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professi... 468(7):1773-80 (2010) PMID 20177836

The majority of the 700,000 osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) that occur annually in the United States affect women. The total treatment costs exceed $17 billion and approximate the total costs of breast cancer ($13 billion) and heart disease ($19 billion). Balloon-assisted percutaneous vertebral augmentation with bone cement (kyphoplasty) reportedly reduces VCF-related pain and accelerates return of independent functional mobility. Kyphoplasty may decrease overall cost of VCF treatment costs by reducing use of posttreatment medical resources.

DOI: 10.1007/s11999-010-1279-7
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