Table 2.
New and progressed vertebral fractures in each treatment group during follow up according to level and treatment1
| Vertebroplasty group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture type | 1 week | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year (N = 34) | 2 years (N = 36) | Total |
| New treated level | 12 | 1 | |||||
| New adjacent level | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||
| New non-adjacent level | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||
| Progressed treated level | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 13 | ||
| Progressed adjacent level | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Progressed non-adjacent level | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 40 | |
| Placebo group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fracture type | 1 week | 1 month | 3 months | 6 months | 1 year (N = 32) | 2 years (N = 32) | Total |
| New treated level | |||||||
| New adjacent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
| New non-adjacent | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Progressed treated level | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Progressed adjacent level | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Progressed non-adjacent level | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 33 |
1
Radiographs obtained prior to the one year follow up were available only for select participants who presented with new onset pain and radiographs were performed to look for further fractures.
2
This fracture at a treated level was considered to be a new fracture rather than progression of an existing fracture