Can vertebroplasty restore normal load-bearing to fractured vertebrae?

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1723-1730

  Farooq, Najma ^a,b   Park, Jonathan C ^c   Pollintine, Phillip ^c   Annesley Williams, Deborah J ^d   Dolan, Patricia ^c  

^a University Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Intervertebral disc; Intradiscal pressure; Osteoporosis; Spinal loading; Stress profilometry; Vertebral fracture; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BONE STRESS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE FRACTURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE CEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL FUSION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 23244467458     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000171906.01906.07     Document Type: Article

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