• Department of Spine Surgery, 3.rd Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou Guangdong, 510630, P. R. China;
RONGLimin, Email: ronglimin@21cn.com
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Objective To review the latest progress in minimally invasive treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF). Methods Relevant literature on minimally invasive treatment of OVCF was reviewed, different minimally invasive technologies were analyzed, compared, and future prospected. Results There are various minimally invasive technologies for treatment of OVCF to aim at analgesia, deformity correction, and vertebral stabilization, thus improving the patients' quality of life. Percutaneous vertebroplasty as the classical technology has a good effectiveness on analgesia, while percutaneous kyphoplasty has a better performance in vertebral height restoration and a lower complication of cement leakage. Obvious deformity correction can be achieved by skyphoplasty, with a risk of endplate damage and uncertain vertebral height maintenance. With OptiMesh vertebroplasty, physiological environment within the fractured vertebra is less likely to be disturbed, but paravertebral tissues are more vulnerable due to a bigger working cannal. Compared with traditional bone cement, Cortoss has advantages of less toxicity, less heat release, and proper stiffness. In addition, the combination use of different minimally invasive technologies has greatly extended the surgical indications of OVCF and improved the success rate. Conclusion Minimally invasive treatment of OVCF is becoming more safety and efficacy with the development of new material and technology, however, further studies are required for quality confirmation and better improvement.

Citation: LIUZhongyu, RONGLimin. LATEST PROGRESS ON MINIMALLY INVASIVE TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2014, 28(4): 522-526. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20140117 Copy

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