It was reported in an abstract that 17 patients with osteoporotic vertebral fracture diagnosis received pre/postoperative mri images and underwent a balloon kyphoplasty procedure (bkp) between june 2011 and july 2013.Age at surgery was ranging from 55 years to 93 years (mean age: 76.6 years) among 7 male and 10 female cases.Bkp-treated levels were: th10 (n=1), th12 (n=5), l1 (n=5), l2 (n=1), l3 (n=1), l4 (n=3), and l5 (n=1).It was reported that one patient underwent bkp at t10 and post-operatively, symptoms did not improve.Posterior spine reconstruction surgery was subsequently performed, and the symptoms later improved, according to the report.No other information was reported.
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Literature citation : shinji kotaka, yasushi fujiwara, hideki manabe, akira miyauchi, and bunichiro izumi."clinical evaluation and image analysis of balloon kyphoplasty (bkp) for treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture".F3.Address : hiroshima city asa municipal hospital country : japan (b)(4).Although it is unknown if any of the devices contributed to the reported event, we are filing this mdr for notification purposes.
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