Comparison 6. Safety: Vertebroplasty versus kyphoplasty.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 New clinical vertebral fractures	1		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	Totals not selected
1.1 24 months	1		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.0 [0.0, 0.0]
2 New radiographic vertebral fractures	2	593	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.18 [0.97, 1.43]
2.1 12 months	2	372	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.81 [0.21, 3.16]
2.2 24 months	1	221	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.17 [0.92, 1.51]
3 Number of serious other adverse events	2		Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	Subtotals only
3.1 12 months	1	101	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.20 [0.01, 4.14]
3.2 24 months	1	221	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.91 [0.42, 1.97]