Biomechanical Efficacy of Unipedicular Versus Bipedicular Vertebroplasty for the Management of Osteoporotic Compression Fractures

Tohmeh, Antoine; M. Mathis, John; C. Fenton, David; M. Levine, Alan; M. Belkoff, Stephen

doi:10.1097/00007632-199909010-00004

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Biomechanical Efficacy of Unipedicular Versus Bipedicular Vertebroplasty for the Management of Osteoporotic Compression Fractures

Published in Spine • Sep 1, 1999

Authors:

Antoine Tohmeh

John M. Mathis

David C. Fenton

Abstract

STUDY DESIGN: Cadaveric study on the biomechanics of osteoporotic vertebral bodies augmented and not augmented with polymethylmethacrylate cement. OBJECTIVES: To determine the strength and stiffness of osteoporotic vertebral bodies subjected to compression fractures and 1) not augmented, 2) augmente...

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Medicine

Percutaneous vertebroplasty

Cadaveric spasm

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