Radiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial
New vertebral fractures after percutaneous vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a clustered analysis and the relevance of intradiskal cement leakage.
To perform clustered analysis of fracture-free probabilities of intact nontreated vertebrae after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in painful long-standing osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) to determine risk factors for new vertebral fractures and estimate fracture-free probabilities of multiple intact nontreated vertebrae given their patient- and vertebra-specific covariate status. ⋯ New vertebral fractures after PVP were clustered within patients and depended heavily on the presence or absence of both patient- and vertebra-specific risk factors. Intradiskal cement leakage was a pronounced augmentation-related risk factor, for which a volumetric association was found.