Percutaneous vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a prospective randomized comparison.
C GriffoniJ N M LukassenL BabbiM GirolamiC LamartinaR CecchinatoA GasbarriniGiovanni Barbanti-BrodanoPublished in: European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society (2020)
In terms of clinical outcomes, there were no differences between the two groups. Both showed a significant clinical improvement, vertebral body height restoration and reduction in the kyphotic angle. There was a significant higher risk of adjacent level fractures in the vertebroplasty group.