Progressive, repeated lumbar compression fracture at the same level after vertebral kyphoplasty with calcium phosphate cement. Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 559-562

  Heo, Dong Hwa ^a   Kuh, Sung Uk ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcium phosphate cement; Osteoporosis; Vertebral body collapse; Vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; LAMINECTOMY; LEG MUSCLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 34249980051     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/spi.2007.6.6.7     Document Type: Article

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