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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of 36 patients

From: Percutaneous kyphoplasty through unilateral puncture on the convex side for the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture with scoliosis

Characteristics

Median (Interquartile Range) or Mean ± Standard Deviation (Range) or n (%)

Age(years)

76.31 ± 6.28

Gender(female, n,%)

23 (63.89)

Body mass index

22.97 ± 2.90

Bone mineral density(minus)

3.6 (4.07–3.20)

Duration of symptoms (days)

21.25 ± 12.42

Operated vertebrae (n,%)

 One

8 (22.22)

 Two

22 (61.11)

 Three

6 (16.67)

Location of fracture vertebrae (n,%)

 T5-T10

4 (11.11)

 T11-L2

26 (72.22)

 L3-L5

6 (16.67)

Scoliosis (n,%)

 Degenerative (including multiple asymmetric OVCF)

32 (88.89)

 Adolescent idopathic combined with degenerative

4 (11.11)

Rotated degree of the operated vertebrae (n,%)

 Degree 1

11 (30.55)

 Degree 2

19 (52.78)

 Degree 3

6 (16.67)

Anesthesia (n,%)

 Local

34 (94.44)

 General

2 (5.56)

Median operated time for single vertebrae (mins)

35 (30–40)

Mean fluoroscopic times for single vertebrae

39.43 ± 5.40

Mean volume of bone cement for single vertebrae (ml)

3.81 ± 0.87

Cement distribution sufficient (n,%)

35 (97.22)

Complications (n,%)

 Cement leakage

7 (19.44)

 Puncture complication

2 (5.56)

 Adjacent level vertebral fracture

2 (5.56)

 Other complications

1 (2.78)

Hospital stay (days)

2.67 ± 0.89

Follow-up period(months)

17.69 ± 4.70

  1. T: thoracic; L: lumbar; OVCF: osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture; Rotated degree of the operated vertebrae based on the Nash-Moe Method; mins: minutes; ml: milliliter