Original Article
Balloon Kyphoplasty for osteoporotic vertebral fracture with T2 diffuse low in MRI -comparison with conservative treatment-
2020 Volume 11 Issue 10 Pages 1241-1245
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2020 Volume 11 Issue 10 Pages 1241-1245
Purpose: Osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVF) with T2 diffuse low in MRI cause early vertebral collapse. Spinal kyphosis caused by early vertebral collapse have major negative impact on both ADL and QOL. We performed BKP soon after patient experienced OVF with T2 diffuse low in MRI. We investigated whether it was possible to stop vertebral collapse by operating BKP.
Methods: 18 patients were diagnosed with OVF with T2 diffuse low in MRI at our facilities between 2018 and 2019. The BKP was performed to 9 patients soon after the fractures. The other 9 patients received conservative treatment. In this study, we compared the BKP group with conservative treatment group.
Results: Progress of the kyphosis in BKP group was significantly lower than that of conservative group. In addition, VAS was decreased, and ADL were significantly improved in the group who received BKP. Early BKP could be the effective treatment to prevent deterioration of the kyphosis by the vertebral fracture of T2 diffuse low in MRI.
