STUDY DESIGN: A prospective consecutive cohort study of clinical and radiographic outcomes after kyphoplasty for treatment of @entity3814 . OBJECTIVES: To measure changes in @entity85 , activity level, and @entity158 after kyphoplasty treatment. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: @entity158 and @entity1513 caused by @entity3814 adversely affect quality of life and survival. Kyphoplasty involves the inflation of a balloon bone tamp, percutaneously placed in a fractured vertebral body, followed by deposition of bone cement into the resulting cavity. Previous reports indicate that kyphoplasty improves @entity1 function and restores height of collapsed vertebral bodies, but limited data about the effects of kyphoplasty on spinal sagittal alignment are available. METHODS: Twenty-nine @entity1 with @entity3814 who did not respond to medical therapy were treated by kyphoplasty. These @entity1 underwent 37 operations to treat 61 @entity3814 between T6 and L5. Sagittal alignment was analyzed from standing radiographs (pre- and postkyphoplasty). @entity1 surveys were used to assess @entity158 relief, improvement in activity, and satisfaction with the surgical procedure. RESULTS: In this cohort, a mean of 8.8 degrees (range 0-29 degrees ) of correction of local spinal @entity1513 was achieved with kyphoplasty. Thirty of 52 @entity174 (17 @entity1 ) were considered reducible and had >5 degrees of correction, with a mean improvement in sagittal alignment of this population of 14.2 degrees. @entity1 surveys revealed significant @entity158 reduction within the first week after surgery and improved activity levels for a majority of @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: Kyphoplasty improves physical function, reduces @entity158 , and may correct @entity85 associated with @entity3814 .

Early radiographic and clinical results of balloon kyphoplasty for the treatment of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'Patient'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fractures'] @entity1513 :: ('MESH:D007738', 'Disease') :: ['kyphosis'] @entity3814 :: ('MESH:D050815', 'Disease') :: ['osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures', 'vertebral compression fractures'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain'] @entity85 :: ('MESH:D009140', 'Disease') :: ['kyphotic deformity', 'spinal deformity']
@entity3814 :: (MESH:D050815,Disease) :: ['osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures']
