Vertebral augmentation reduces the 12-month mortality and morbidity in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.

Roberto Luigi CazzatoTeodora BelloneMarco ScardapanePierre De MariniPierre-Alexis AutrusseauPierre AulogeJulien GarnonJack W JenningsAfshin Gangi

Published in: European radiology (2021)

• Compared to non-surgical management, vertebral augmentation reduces the 12-month risk of all-cause mortality by 19% and all-cause morbidity by 36%. • Vertebral augmentation reduces the 12-month risk of infection morbidity from any origin by 77%.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
postmenopausal women
soft tissue
body composition
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
risk factors