Transforaminal full-endoscopic resection of bone fragments for late palsy after osteoporotic vertebral fracture

Abstract

We present two cases of late palsy that occurred after an osteoporotic vertebral fracture, which were treated using transforaminal full-endoscopic removal of bone fragments. The criteria for selection were as follows:

The vertebral fracture has already healed.

The primary cause of palsy was static compression by bone fragments.

Both cases showed improvement in palsy and leg pain after procedure. This method is technically demanding, but it offers advantage of minimally invasive direct removal of the bone fragments.