Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Marques, Ricardo Ramalho
• Moura, Diogo Lino
• Lourenço, Paulo

Titel

Surgical Treatment of Multiple Osteoporotic Fractures of the Dorsolumbar Spine: Case Report

Ist Teil von

• Revista brasileira de ortopedia, 2021-04, Vol.56 (2), p.258-262

Ort / Verlag

Germany: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are a common type of fracture and affect a significant number of subjects with osteoporosis. Despite the high fracture risk, the concomitant occurrence of vertebral fractures at non-contiguous levels is very rare. We report the case of a patient with three burst dorsolumbar spine fractures at non-contiguous levels who was treated with percutaneous kyphoplasty and transpedicular posterior fixation. Six months after the surgery, the patient walks autonomously and without pain; in addition, there is no radiological evidence of fracture reduction loss.