• Yongquan Cheng, Xiaoliang Wu, Jiawei Shi, and Hui Jiang.
• Division of Spine Surgery, Department of Orthopedics, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
• Pain Res Manag. 2020 Jan 1; 2020: 5825317.

MethodsClinical and radiological data of 204 patients were reviewed. The patients were divided into Group A (PVP alone) and Group B (PVP and FB combined therapy) according to treatments. Back pain was evaluated with Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). The operation, fluoroscopic exposure time, and bone cement leakage were recorded. The χ2 test, Student's t-test, and repeated measures analysis of variance were used to compare the differences between the two groups.ResultsThere were 125 patients in Group A and 79 patients in Group B. Their baseline characteristics were similar (P > 0.05). The mean VAS scores of Group A and Group B were 7.03 and 7.21 at admission, 4.7 and 3.2 at 1 day after operation, 4.0 and 3.0 at 3 months, and 2.2 and 2.2 at 12 months after operation, respectively. The mean ODI scores of Group A and Group B were 30.9 and 29.8 at admission, 17.6 and 17.7 at 3 months, and 10.5 and 10.9 at 12 months after operation, respectively. The mean operation time and fluoroscopic exposure time of Group A (35.6 minutes and 7.2 seconds, respectively) was significantly shorter than that of Group B (45.7 minutes and 11.7 seconds, respectively, P < 0.01). The incidence of bone cement leakage and new fractures after operation did not have statistically significant difference between groups.ConclusionPVP and FB combined therapy could provide better pain relief than PVP alone in short term after operation in patients with OVCFs associated back pains.Copyright © 2020 Yongquan Cheng et al.

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