Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Vertebral fractures are directly correlated with increasing age and incidence of osteoporosis. The present study was conducted to compared outcome of percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty in management of vertebral compression fractures. Materials & Methods: 110 patients of vertebral compression fractures of both genders were randomly divided into two groups of 55 each. Group I patients were treated with PVP and group II were treated with PKP. All patients were examined for pain assessments using visual analog scale and anteroposterior and lateral radiographs were taken to measure the vertebral body height. Results: Group I had 35 males and 0 females and group II had 30 males and 25 females. The mean VAS in group I patients was 2.65 and in group II patients was 2.04. Anterior height of vertebral bodies in group I was 24.5 and in group II was 21.3 and middle height of vertebral bodies was 20.1 in group I and 20.5 in group II. The difference was non- significant (P> 0.05). Conclusion: Both percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty in management of vertebral compression fractures found to be equally effective.