Abstract
From April 1998 to January 2000 we treated 14 patients with vertebral osteoporotic compression fractures and intraosseous vacuum phenomenon with intracorporal bone grafting using a mixture of autogenous bone graft and calcium sulfate and posterior instrumentation. The mixture was packed into the fractured vertebral body through two tunnels created in the pedicles. Eleven patients were followed for a minimum of 24 months. All vertebral bodies healed. There were no perioperative complications. The average vertebral height restoration was 31%. On the visual analogue scale, there was an improvement of average 37 clinical scores.
Résumé
D'avril 1998 à janvier 2000 nous avons traité 14 malades atteint de fractures vertébrales ostéoporotiques par compression avec phénomène de vide intraosseux avec instrumentation postérieure et greffe intracorporelle utilisant un mélange d'os autogène et de sulfate du calcium. Le mélange a été introduit dans le corps vertébral à travers deux tunnels créés dans les pédicules. Onze malades ont été suivis avec un minimum de 24 mois. Il n'y avait pas de complication peropératoire. Les corps vertébraux ont tous consolidé. La restauration de la hauteur vertébrale moyenne était de 31%. Sur l'échelle analogique visuelle il y avait une amélioration moyenne de 37 dans le score clinique.
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