Fractures of vertebral bones: State-of-the-art interventions

Kurzfassung: Percutaneous vertebral augmentation (PVA) by means of vertebroplasty (VP) or kyphoplasty (KP) is considered a safe, efficacious, and durable procedure in appropriate patients with symptomatic osteoporotic and neoplastic vertebral body compression fractures. In accordance with published standards, PVA are offered only when conservative medical therapy has not provided adequate pain relief or pain is significantly altering the patient's quality of life. Based upon moderate quality evidence derived from case series, retrospective and few prospective randomized controlled trials (PRT), PVA have shown co…