Clinical and Radiologic Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Kyphoplasty versus Fluoroscopy-Assisted Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Retrospective Comparative Study.

Journal: World neurosurgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Making surgery as less aggressive as possible is best for elderly patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs). Recently, we attempted a more precise, minimally invasive, and robot-assisted kyphoplasty in our clinical setting.

Authors

  • Mengran Jin
    Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • Meng Ge
    Department of Orthopaedics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
  • Longyue Lei
    Department of Orthopaedics, Yuhang Bang Er Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
  • Fengqing Li
    Department of Orthopaedics, Yuhang Bang Er Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
  • Mujun Wu
    Department of Orthopaedics, Yuhang Bang·Er Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
  • Guang Zhang
    Department of Health Management, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
  • Shaolong Pei
    Department of Orthopaedics, Yuhang Bang·Er Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
  • Biao Zheng
    Department of Orthopaedics, Yuhang Bang Er Hospital, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: jmrsyl@126.com.