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

Table 2

Clinical status of patients after procedure.

	Nonprophylactic group	Prophylactic group	Statistic test
VAS score pre-OP				0.187
VAS score post-OP				0.052
VAS score at 1 year				0.053
New VCFs	24.4% (21/86)	10.3% (8/78)		0.018
New VCFs within 3 months	71.4% (15/21)	75% (6/8)		0.847
Adjacent new VCFs	76.2% (16/21)	62.5% (5/8)		0.461
Remote new VCFs	23.8% (5/21)	37.5% (3/8)	—	0.300
Recollapse of cemented vertebrae	9.5% (2/21)	25% (2/8)	—	0.646

. Data are ; VCF: vertebral compression fractures.