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Bone cement injection for the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures: Common problems in the mature technology

Han Wei-dong1, Huang Ai-jun1, Chen Li-ping2   

  1. 1 Department of Orthopedics, the Fourth People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen  518000, Guangdong Province, China
    2 Department of Nephrology, Second People’s Hospital of Futian District, Shenzhen  518000, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2012-12-15 Revised:2013-04-12 Online:2013-06-25 Published:2013-06-25
  • Contact: Huang Ai-jun, Master, Attending physician, Department of Orthopedics, the Fourth People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China omego@qq.com
  • About author:Han Wei-dong, Associate chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, the Fourth People’s Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong Province, China Hanwd88@163.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone cement injection is one of the commonly used methods for the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate biomechanical properties and fixed effects of bone cement injection for the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures.
METHODS: The specimens of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures were selected, and used to measure the mechanical properties of bone mineral density, maximum pressure load, displacement and stiffness. The bone model was established, and after bone cement injection, the maximum pressure load, displacement and stiffness were measured again. The mechanical properties before and after bone cement injection were compared, and compared with those in the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures with pedicle screw fixation. The patients received bone cement injection for the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures were followed-up, and the treatment effect of bone cement injection was determined through evaluating the pain relief degree, thoracolumbar vertebral height restoration, amount of bone cement injection and bone cement extravasation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The biomechanical experiment determined that the maximum load was 2 285 N after thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures treated with bone cement injection, which increased almost by 16.9% than 1 954 N before fracture; the stiffness was 427 N after thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures treated with bone cement injection, which increased almost by 22.1% than 349 N before fracture, and showed good biological properties. The thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures patients treated with bone cement injection and closed reduction combined with bone cement injection were followed-up, and found that both these two methods could relieve the pain of the patients. But closed reduction combined with bone cement injection for the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures was better than bone cement injection in the amount of bone cement injection, local kyphosis angle and vertebral height restoration. The results indicate that closed reduction combined with bone cement injection is a safe and effective method for the treatment of thoracolumbar osteoporotic fractures.

Key words: bone and joint implants, academic discussion of bone and joint, bone cement, thoracolumbar vertebrae, osteoporosis, fracture, poly (methyl methacrylate), pedicle screw, nerve root, pain

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