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Commentary: vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty in the United States 2004–2017: national trends, regional variations, associated diagnoses, and outcomes
  1. Reade De Leacy1,
  2. John D Barr2
  1. 1 Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
  2. 2 Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Reade De Leacy, Neurosurgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA; reade.deleacy{at}mountsinai.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-017147

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    Hafezi-Nejad et al have provided an overview of the United States’ national trends, regional variations, associated diagnoses, and outcomes from hospitalized patients treated with vertebroplasty and/or kyphoplasty between 2004 and 2017.1 While some results were predictable, such as decreased use following publication of negative augmentation trials, their review has also yielded other surprising and certainly intriguing results. It is important to consider, however, that this review is based on data obtained from the national inpatient sample. As such, the population analyzed would represent a group of patients with the most debilitating symptoms of vertebral compression fractures such as unremitting pain and immobility.

    The authors describe a period of decreased use from 2008 to 2012 as being attributable to the 2009 publication of two contentious and negative trials comparing vertebroplasty non-operative …

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