Traumatology and Orthopedics of RussiaTraumatology and Orthopedics of Russia2311-29052542-0933Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics54110.21823/2311-2905-2010-0-2-93-96EVALUATION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY IN COMPLEX TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS WITH PATHOLOGICAL VERTEBRAL FRACTURESAstapenkovD. S.astapenkov@mail.ru1708201016293961811201618112016Copyright © 2010,2010<span>The effectiveness of vertebroplasty in treatment of 84 patients with osteoporosis and pathological fractures of the vertebrae was evaluated. 68 patients of the first group were underwent a comprehensive conservative treatment, percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed additionally in 16 patients in second group. The study found that in the second group treatment results were slightly better: the investigated parameters showed a significant dynamics, ie, vertebroplasty improved the results of treatment of osteoporotic patients with pathological fractures of the vertebrae.</span>osteoporosisvertebral fracturevertebroplastyостеопорозперелом позвонкавертебропластика[1. Дуров О. В. Вертебропластика при лечении заболеваний позвоночника/О. В. Дуров, И. Н. Шевелев, Т. П. Тиссен//Вопросы нейрохирургии им. Н.Н. Бурденко. -2004. -№ 2. -С. 21-26.][2. Пташников Д.А. Патологические переломы костей/Д.А. Пташников, В.Д. Усиков, Ф.Ю. Засульский//Практическая онкология. -2006. -Т. 7, №2. -С. 117-125.][3. Усиков ВД. Чрезкожная вертебропластика у больных с метастазами в позвоночник/В. Д. Усиков [и др.]//Травматология и ортопедия России. -2008. -№2. -С. 49-52.][4. Cyteval C.D. Acute osteoporotic vertebral collapse: open study on percutaneous injection of acrylic surgical cement in 20 patients/C.D. Cyteval [et al.]//Am. J. Roentgenol. -1999. -Vol. 173, N6. -P. 1685-1690.][5. Jensen M.E. Percutaneous polymethylmethacrylate vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures: technical aspects/M.E.Jensen [et al.]//AJNR. -1997. -Vol. 18, N 10. -P. 1897-1904.][6. Mehbod A.J. Vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spine fracture: prevention and treatment/A.J. Mehbod, S.A. Aunodle, J.C. Le Huec//Eur. Spine J. -2003. -N 12, Suppl. 2. -P. 155-162.]