Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Patient | |
| Number | 89 |
| Total number of OOVFs | 142 |
| Number of OOVFs treated per patient | 1.6 (1–2) |
| Age (years) | 67.5±11.5 |
| Gender (F/M) | 55/34 |
| BMD T score | −3.1±0.6 |
| Fracture age (months) | 1.25±1.15 |
| Follow-up (months) | 24 |
| Fracture region (number/percentage) | |
| T5 through T9 vertebrae | 32/(22.5%) |
| T10 through L2 vertebrae | 78/(55%) |
| L3 through L5 vertebrae | 32/(22.5%) |
| Kyphoplasty procedure | |
| Operation time per vertebrae (minutes) | 28.5±8.6 |
| Fluoroscopy time per vertebrae (minutes) | 10.5±1.4 |
| Bipedicular access (vertebraes) | 81 |
| Unilateral access (vertebraes) | 61 |
| Injected cement volume (mL) | 5.2±1.3 |
| Cement leakage | |
| Number of vertebraes | 12/(8.45%) |
| Location | |
| Venous plexus | 2 (1.41%) |
| Paravertebral soft tissues | 6 (4.23%) |
| Adjacent disks | 4 (2.82%) |
| New fractures | |
| Recollapse of treated vertebrae | 0 |
| Adjacent vertebral fractures | 5 (3.52%) |
Data are mean ± standard deviation; median, with the range in parentheses; or number of findings, with the percentage in parentheses.