Vertebral fragility fractures: where do we stand?
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Ghassan Maalouf & Majed Issa & Firas Atallah & Falah Bachour & Gemma Adib & Roy Eid & Paul Yazbeck & Ramzi Moucharafieh & Yasser Yaghi & Joseph Wehbe
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Vertebral fragility fractures (VFF) constitutes a major complication of osteoporosis affecting the quality of patient life. Debates about diagnosis and therapeutic measures are still ongoing. VFF might be considered as an independent factor of severe osteoporosis. Magnetic resonance image can be a useful diagnostic tool by giving more information than simple X-ray regarding the severity of the fracture, the healing process, the neurological damage, and possible secondary metastasis. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, even a conservative treatment, have been applied to treat such fractures; we will discuss each technique and to our belief, any technique used should take into consideration the restoration of the normal curvature of the spine.
Eur Orthop Traumatol (2011) 1:231–235 DOI 10.1007/s12570-011-0053-y Received: 17 February 2011 / Accepted: 29 March 2011 / Published online: 21 April 2011
