Using the cortical bone trajectory screw technique with vertebral column resection to treat an osteoporotic compression fracture in progressive thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis: A case report

Progressive thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis (aka hunchbacked) with a sagittal imbalance in an osteoporotic compression fracture might warrant surgical correction when conservative treatment fails. A 70-year-old woman presented with an L1 osteoporotic compression fracture after an L1 vertebroplasty and a...

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Main Authors: Chia-Hung Chao, MD, Cheng-Yang Hsieh, MD, PhD, Yu-Feng Su, MD, Aij-Lie Kwan, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918301877