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Abstract
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a fluoroscopic guided procedure denoted for the first time in 1987, by which (PMMA) is introduced in the fractured vertebral body through percutaneous injection. It has becoming familiarized world widely and become the most used surgical treatment option for the conservative untreatable back pain due to vertebral fracture. The procedure can be carried out in any vertebral bod, though is commonly used in thoracic and lumber, and rarely for the cervical vertebrae.
The results of this study showed that the mean age of the patients was 55.14±5.9 years, the majority of the patients (71.4%) was females. The majority of the cause of spinal fracture was osteoporotic (80.9%). The number of fracture level was single in 13 patients (61.90%) and double in 6 patients (28.57%) and only 2 patients have 3 or more levels. The fracture sites were lumber alone in 15 cases (71.4%) and thoracic alone in 4 cases (19.0%) and mixed lumber and thoracic in 2 cases (9.5%). Regarding site of bone cement injection, it was found that 13 cases was bipedicle, and 6 cases was unipedicular, 2 cases were combined. The pain score was significantly decrease after one week to be 1.5±1.1.