Trends in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty after thoracolumbar osteoporotic fracture: A large database study from 2005 to 2012

Arash Joseph Sayari; Yuzeng Liu; Jeremiah Raphael Cohen; Nicholas Ishmael Van Halm-Lutterodt; Yong Hai; Zorica Buser; Jeffrey Chun Wang

doi:10.1016/j.jor.2015.10.002

Trends in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty after thoracolumbar osteoporotic fracture: A large database study from 2005 to 2012

J Orthop. 2015 Oct 27;12(Suppl 2):S217-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2015.10.002. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Authors

Arash Joseph Sayari¹, Yuzeng Liu², Jeremiah Raphael Cohen³, Nicholas Ishmael Van Halm-Lutterodt², Yong Hai², Zorica Buser⁴, Jeffrey Chun Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA.
² Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of our study was to investigate the trends and incidence of vertebral augmentation procedures (VAPs) in treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Results: In total, 118,074 patients were analyzed. The overall incidence of VAPs was 15.2%. The incidence of VAPs was significantly higher in those 75-79 years old (20.4%), significantly higher in females than males (15.6% versus 14.9%), and most commonly performed in the South (17.7%).

Conclusion: There was a decline in the frequency of these procedures since 2008, but physicians are still performing these procedures, albeit at a much lower frequency than before 2009.

Keywords: Compression fractures; Kyphoplasty; Osteoporosis; PearlDiver; Vertebroplasty.