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Kyphoplasty for the treatment of an atypical osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture of the lumbar spine: A case report
- Source :
- SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, Vol 5 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2017.
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Abstract
- Vertebral augmentation is a minimally invasive but sometimes technically challenging intervention typically reserved for the treatment of older patients with painful vertebral compression fractures due to osteoporosis or neoplasms. We report the successful treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures of the first lumbar vertebral body (L1) using kyphoplasty in a paraplegic young patient with multiple comorbidities. Despite the unusual and complicated clinical scenario, kyphoplasty was nonetheless performed with immediate and lasting pain relief.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Osteoporosis
Pain relief
Case Report
Anesthesia/pain
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Older patients
kyphoplasty
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Clinical scenario
vertebral compression fracture
030222 orthopedics
lcsh:R5-920
myasthenia gravis
business.industry
Vertebral compression fracture
General Medicine
medicine.disease
paraplegic
osteoporosis
Surgery
FIrst lumbar vertebral body
Lumbar spine
business
lcsh:Medicine (General)
steroids
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2050313X
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ea66ccf407e9a319f0817faeda6c6404