What is an osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture

  Osteoporosis is a disease that seriously endangers the health of the elderly, especially elderly women. According to incomplete statistics, the incidence of osteoporosis among the elderly over 60 years old reaches about 60%. The annual incidence of fracture due to osteoporosis is about 10%, and due to the aging of the population, the above figure has a tendency to increase year by year. At present, about 84 million people in China suffer from different degrees of osteoporosis. Once a vertebral compression fracture occurs in patients with osteoporosis, it can cause severe pain in mild cases and paralysis in severe cases. In recent years, minimally invasive vertebroplasty and the gradual update of internal fixation devices and methods have brought new treatment modalities to more patients with osteoporotic vertebral fractures.  The indication for posterior spinal vertebroplasty can be simply understood as a fresh vertebral fracture caused by osteoporosis in an elderly patient, and when CT or MRI suggests a fracture in the posterior wall of the vertebral body without protrusion into the spinal canal, posterior spinal transforaminal puncture vertebroplasty under electron fluoroscopy can be performed. The procedure is performed under fluoroscopy and requires accurate puncture through the pedicle into the mid-anterior part of the vertebral body and injection of bone cement after opening the vertebral body with a balloon or other spreader. The procedure requires operation or guidance by an experienced physician and cooperation with an anesthesiologist to reduce painful irritation and complications such as hypotension during cement injection.