Table 3.

Integrity of trabecular bone at defined distances from cement-bone interface

	3 mm from cement-bone interface	1 mm from cement-bone interface	−1 mm from cement-bone interface	−3 mm from cement-bone interface
RF-Kyphoplasty	1.14 (0.35)	1.14 (0.40)	1.33 (0.70)	1.33 (0.68)
Shield-Kyphoplasty	1.35 (1.02)	1.62 (1.19)	2.29 (1.65)	2.56 (1.48)
VBS	1.53 (0.69)	2.56 (1.09)	3.27 (1.22)	3.90 (1.13)
Balloon-Kyphoplasty	1.32 (0.55)	2.16 (1.00)	3.44 (1.15)	4.32 (0.98)
Kruskal-Wallis	P < .0005	P < .0001	P < .0001	P < .0001

Abbreviation: VBS, vertebral stenting.

NOTE. Data are presented as mean (standard deviation). Integrity was scored according to the scale in Table 1.