Surgical management of lower limb radiculopathy following acute singe-level osteoporotic vertebral fracture of lower lumbar spine in geriatric patient: a retrospective study

• Published in: BMC musculoskeletal disorders Vol. 25; no. 1; p. 262
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yao, Lu, Yuzheng, Lin, Wancheng, Yao, Mingtao, Song, Jipeng, Ding, Lixiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.04.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Ablation (Surgery); Aged patients; Algorithms; Analysis; Back pain; Backache; Care and treatment; Classification; Clinical outcomes; Decision making; Development and progression; Endoscopy; Females; Foraminal stenosis; Fractures; Geriatrics; Health aspects; Inferior endplate fracture; Intervention; Intervertebral discs; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Methods; Osteoporosis; Osteoporotic vertebral fracture; Pain; Patients; Percutaneous kyphoplasty; Polymethyl methacrylate; Radiculopathy; Spine; Spine (lumbar); Stenosis; Surgery; Trauma; Type 2 diabetes; Vertebrae; China; Foraminal stenosis; Osteoporotic vertebral fracture; Radiculopathy; Inferior endplate fracture; Percutaneous kyphoplasty

Radiculopathy of the lower limb after acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures (OVFs) in the lower lumbar spine is uncommon in geriatric patients. Moreover, surgical intervention is generally recommended in patients who are irresponsive to conservative treatment. Determining an optimum surgical strate...