Osteoporosis.  2012 Apr;10(1):1-6.

Treatment of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fracture

• Song HS

Abstract

As the society became more aging, prevalence of senile spinal diseases such as osteoporotic spinal fracture, spinal sprain, myofascial pain, degenerative intervertebral disc disease, spondylitis, metastatic spinal disease, and infectious disease has increased. If spinal pain occurs in old age, complication of osteoporotic fracture must be considered. Before treating osteoporotic spinal fracture, degree of pain, fracture characteristics, presence of neurologic symptom, degree of kyphotic deformity, and general condition of the patient should be considered in order to choose the appropriate treatment method. Conservative treatment for osteoporotic fracture includes pain control, medication for osteoporosis, spinal brace and exercise treatment, and diverse surgical treatment methods such as vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty, or anterior and posterior instrumentation are preformed nowadays. We will investigate the definition of osteoporotic spinal fracture and several treatments and the indications and methods of which by reviewing references.

Keyword

Old Age; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture

MeSH Terms

Aging
Braces
Communicable Diseases
Congenital Abnormalities
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Intervertebral Disc Displacement
Kyphoplasty
Neurologic Manifestations
Osteoporosis
Osteoporotic Fractures
Prevalence
Spinal Diseases
Spinal Fractures
Spondylitis
Sprains and Strains
Vertebroplasty
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration
Intervertebral Disc Displacement