• 1. Department of Orthopaedics, Jiangwan Hospital of Hongkou District of Shanghai, Shanghai, 200434, P. R. China;
  • 2. Department of Spinal Surgery, Shanghai Oriental Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Shanghai, 200120, P. R. China;
WU Desheng, Email: eastspine@163.com
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Objective To explore the effect of percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) on lumbar-pelvic correlation in osteoporotic vertebral compressive fracture (OVCF).Methods According to the inclusion criteria, 63 patients with primary osteoporosis between January 2012 and June 2017 were selected as the control group and 67 patients with single-segment lumbar OVCF receiving PKP and complete clinical data were included as the observation group. There was no significant difference in gender, age, and lumbar spine bone density between the two groups (P>0.05). The visual analogue scale (VAS) score and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) score were used to assess lumbar pain and function before operation and at 3 days after operation in the observation group; lumbar lordosis (LL), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT), and sacral slope (SS) were measured in lumbar lateral X-ray films which were taken before PKP and at 1 month after PKP. The same parameters were measured in the lumbar lateral X-ray films which were taken at the time of initial diagnosis in the control group.Results All patients were followed up 3-24 months with an average of 5.8 months in the observation group. The VAS score decreased from 5.6±1.8 before PKP to 2.8±1.3 at 3 days after PKP (t=14.082, P=0.000); ODI decreased from 50.1%±5.0% before PKP to 18.2%±1.8% (t=47.011, P=0.000). Compared with the control group, the LL, PI, and SS decreased and the PT increased in the observation group, and only the difference in LL between the two groups was significant (P<0.05). In the observation group, the LL and SS significantly increased (P<0.05) and PT significantly decreased (P<0.05) at 1 month after operation when compared with preoperative ones, and PI decreased, but the difference was not significant (P>0.05). In the control group, LL was positively correlated with PI and SS (P<0.05); PI was positively correlated with PT and SS (P<0.05). In the observation group, PI was positively correlated with SS (P<0.05) before and after PKP.Conclusion OVCF patients lost the specific lumbar-pelvic correlation. PKP can restore lumbar lordosis, but it still can not restore the normal physiological fitting.

Citation: LIU Tao, QIU Shuiqiang, XU Zhigang, GU Jisheng, LUO Zhendong, WU Desheng. Effect of percutaneous kyphoplasty on lumbar-pelvic correlation in osteoporotic vertebral compressive fractures. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2019, 33(11): 1414-1418. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.201812049 Copy

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