2021
Cement Augmentation of Vertebral Compression Fractures May Be Safely Considered in the Very Elderly
Galivanche AR, Toombs C, Adrados M, David WB, Malpani R, Saifi C, Whang PG, Grauer JN, Varthi AG. Cement Augmentation of Vertebral Compression Fractures May Be Safely Considered in the Very Elderly. Neurospine 2021, 18: 226-233. PMID: 33819949, PMCID: PMC8021820, DOI: 10.14245/ns.2040620.310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVertebral compression fracturesAdverse eventsCompression fracturesCement augmentationAge categoriesNational Surgical Quality Improvement Program databaseInpatient/outpatient statusQuality Improvement Program databaseProcedural variablesMinor adverse eventsImprovement Program databaseSerious adverse eventsMultivariate logistic regressionYear old cohortPeriprocedure complicationsOlder patientsComorbidity statusOutpatient statusRetrospective reviewAdverse outcomesGeriatric populationProcedure typeProgram databaseProvider specialtyChi-square analysis
2011
Cement Augmentation of Refractory Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
Gerling MC, Eubanks JD, Patel R, Whang PG, Bohlman HH, Ahn NU. Cement Augmentation of Refractory Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures. Spine 2011, 36: e1266-e1269. PMID: 21358465, DOI: 10.1097/brs.0b013e31820a0b3f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOsteoporotic vertebral compression fracturesInpatient pain managementVertebral compression fracturesCement augmentationPain managementBed restCompression fracturesNumber of fracturesProportional hazards regression modelsConservative pain managementIntractable back painNational Death IndexCement augmentation proceduresHigh-energy traumaSignificant survival advantageHazards regression modelsHigh-dose narcoticsKaplan-Meier plotsUniversity Hospital databaseExact Fisher testMann-Whitney testAggressive managementConservative treatmentElderly patientsChart review