Early vertebroplasty associated with a lower risk of mortality and respiratory failure in aged patients with painful vertebral compression fractures: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan

Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1310-1318

  Lin, Jiann Her ^a,b,c   Chien, Li Nien ^a   Tsai, Wan Ling ^a,b   Chen, Li Ying ^a   Chiang, Yung Hsiao ^a,b,c   Hsieh, Yi Chen ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mortality; National Health Insurance Research Database; Painful vertebral compression fracture; Respiratory failure; The elderly; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY RISK; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAINFUL VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL PAIN; SURGICAL RISK; TAIWAN; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TAIWAN; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 85019613229     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2017.05.001     Document Type: Article

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