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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2021; 56(02): 258-262
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1721844
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Surgical Treatment of Multiple Osteoporotic Fractures of the Dorsolumbar Spine: Case Report[*]

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1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
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1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
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1   Serviço de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal
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Abstract

Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are a common type of fracture and affect a significant number of subjects with osteoporosis. Despite the high fracture risk, the concomitant occurrence of vertebral fractures at non-contiguous levels is very rare. We report the case of a patient with three burst dorsolumbar spine fractures at non-contiguous levels who was treated with percutaneous kyphoplasty and transpedicular posterior fixation. Six months after the surgery, the patient walks autonomously and without pain; in addition, there is no radiological evidence of fracture reduction loss.

Study developed at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Portugal.




Publication History

Received: 25 May 2020

Accepted: 17 September 2020

Article published online:
22 March 2021

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