Prophylactic Percutaneous Kyphoplasty Treatment for Nonfractured Vertebral Bodies in Thoracolumbar for Osteoporotic Patients

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Preoperative X-ray of a 69-year-old woman with OVCFs of the T11, 12, and L1 vertebral bodies (a, b). MRI (T1-weighted and STIR-weighted images) visualized each fractured vertebral body (e, f). The BMD values were -3.5 (T11), -3.3 (T12), and -3.6 (L1). The patient underwent PKP from T11 to L1 (c, d). Seventeen days after surgery, the patient complained of low back pain, and MRI showed a new vertebral body fracture in L2 (white arrow) (g, h). The patient elected to receive conservative treatment.

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