Arash Joseph Sayari1, Yuzeng Liu2, Jeremiah Raphael Cohen3, Nicholas Ishmael Van Halm-Lutterodt2, Yong Hai2, Zorica Buser4, Jeffrey Chun Wang4. 1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL 33136, USA. 2. Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital Affiliated Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China. 3. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. 4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, CA 90033, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The aim of our study was to investigate the trends and incidence of vertebral augmentation procedures (VAPs) in treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. RESULTS: In total, 118,074 patients were analyzed. The overall incidence of VAPs was 15.2%. The incidence of VAPs was significantly higher in those 75-79 years old (20.4%), significantly higher in females than males (15.6% versus 14.9%), and most commonly performed in the South (17.7%). CONCLUSION: There was a decline in the frequency of these procedures since 2008, but physicians are still performing these procedures, albeit at a much lower frequency than before 2009.
PURPOSE: The aim of our study was to investigate the trends and incidence of vertebral augmentation procedures (VAPs) in treating osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. RESULTS: In total, 118,074 patients were analyzed. The overall incidence of VAPs was 15.2%. The incidence of VAPs was significantly higher in those 75-79 years old (20.4%), significantly higher in females than males (15.6% versus 14.9%), and most commonly performed in the South (17.7%). CONCLUSION: There was a decline in the frequency of these procedures since 2008, but physicians are still performing these procedures, albeit at a much lower frequency than before 2009.
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