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Is thoracolumbar fascia injury the cause of residual back pain after percutaneous vertebroplasty? A prospective cohort study

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Summary

Some patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures still suffer from back pain after percutaneous vertebroplasty. We have found that osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures with thoracolumbar fascia injury are common and that thoracolumbar fascia injury may account for the residual pain after percutaneous vertebroplasty.

Purpose

Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures are successfully treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP). However, some patients still suffer from back pain after the procedure. We hypothesized that there is a relationship between thoracolumbar (TL) fascia injury and residual postoperative pain.

Methods

This prospective study included 133 elderly patients (age range 55 – 92 years) with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures treated with PVP from February 2010 to March 2012 in our hospital. The patients were divided into two groups based on the presence of TL fascia injury. A visual analog scale (VAS) and the Chinese modified Oswestry Disability Index were used to evaluate the pain before and after PVP.

Results

The mean VAS score and the Chinese modified Oswestry Disability Index in the patients with TL fascia injury were reduced from 9.11 ± 0.76 to 6.4 ± 1.1 and 73.93 ± 1.46 % to 44.6 ± 3.1 %, respectively, and in the patients without TL fascia injury from 9.26 ± 0.82 to 8.0 ± 1.3 and 73.96 ± 1.38 % to 51.7 ± 1.8 %, respectively. Pain and disability were reduced more in patients without TL fascia injury than in those with TL fascia injury (both p < 0.05).

Conclusions

There may be a relationship between TL fascia injury and residual back pain after PVP.

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The authors thank Dr. Andreas Kiel of the Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt for proofreading the manuscript during preparation.

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Yan, Y., Xu, R. & Zou, T. Is thoracolumbar fascia injury the cause of residual back pain after percutaneous vertebroplasty? A prospective cohort study. Osteoporos Int 26, 1119–1124 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-014-2972-2

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