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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, Vol 5 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publishing, 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 (General)
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2050313X
- Volume :
- 5
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.7525e276ead44cb1965786de74a40d0e
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17744985