RöFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Röntgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
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Clinical Trial
[Balloon-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures--first results].
To determine the feasibility, efficacy and safety of balloon-assisted percutaneous vertebroplasty (BA-VP) in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs). ⋯ Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are currently used to treat osteoporotic VCFs but show either a comparatively high leakage rate or are rather complex and expensive. Balloon-assisted vertebroplasty seems to combine advantages from both methods and is effective, safe and comparatively inexpensive.