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Comparison
of VCFs
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Vertebroplasty |
Kyphoplasty |
Vesselplasty |
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Correction
vertebral height |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Create spaces/void |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Use inflatable
balloon; it is inflated by water and removed |
Use inflatable vessel; it is inflated by bone
void filler material and left in position |
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Void might reduce |
Void preserved |
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Void shape uncontrolled |
Void shape controlled |
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Leakage of cement out of vertebra |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Interdigitate the bone |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Indications: mild,moderate, & severe osteoporotic |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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