Table 1.

Pre-operative demographic data of patients undergoing either a unilateral or bilateral approach of balloon kyphoplasty

	Unilateral approach (group I)	Bilateral approach (group II)	Significance (p value)
Patients (n)	24	28	–
Age (years)	66.8 (57–80)	68.9 (57–83)	0.19
Mean time from injury (weeks)	3.44	3.68	0.45
Kyphotic angle (°)	17.6 (13–25)	18.5 (12–27)	0.37
Visual analog scale	8.1	7.9	0.54
T-score	−3.55	−3.64	0.89
Follow-up period (months)	17.8 (12–24)	16.6 (13–27)	0.21