| Autor: |
Anastasios Mpotsaris, Razmin Abdolvahabi, Werner Weber, Svenja Hennigs, Janpeter Nickel, Chun Hee Gerdes, Christian Loehr, Ali Harati, Bastian Hoffleith |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
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| Zdroj: |
Deutsches Ärzteblatt international. |
| ISSN: |
1866-0452 |
| DOI: |
10.3238/arztebl.2011.0331 |
| Popis: |
SUMMARY Background: Vertebral body fractures are a source of high costs for the health care system and will continue to be one as the population ages. Cost-effective treatment is thus all the more important. In this study, we evaluated patients‘ quality of life during the first 12 months after they had undergone percuta neous vertebroplasty for vertebral body fractures which were refractory to conservative treatment. Our analysis took the causes of the fractures into account. Methods: Pain, mobility, and need for analgesics were assessed prospectively on verbal rating scales one day before and one day after vertebroplasty, as well as over a follow-up period of up to 12 months. The same examiner interviewed each patient at all time points to obtain this information. Results: 1188 patients underwent vertebroplasty for 1980 vertebral body fractures; the most common etiology was osteoporosis (75%). There was statistically relevant improvement in all three of the variables studied from the day before the procedure to the last follow-up, regardless of the cause of fracture (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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