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Clinical Characteristics of Elderly People with Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture Based on a 12-Year Single-Center Experience in Korea

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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Spine, Incheon Sarang Hospital, Incheon 22135, Korea
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Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Spine, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon 21565, Korea
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Geriatrics 2022, 7(6), 123; https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7060123
Submission received: 7 October 2022 / Revised: 26 October 2022 / Accepted: 27 October 2022 / Published: 31 October 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Aging Spine)

Abstract

In an aging human population, osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) frequently occurs. We conducted this retrospective study to analyze the clinical characteristics of elderly people with OVCF who underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty over a 12-year period at a single medical center in Korea. Between 2007 and 2019, A total of 868 patients (n = 868) were treated at our institution. We assessed 600 of these patients as eligible for study purposes and divided them into three groups: Group A (spine and hip T-scores ≤−2.5; n = 332); Group B (spine T-scores ≤−2.5; n = 189); and Group C (hip T-scores ≤−2.5; n = 79). The baseline characteristics of the patients included age, sex, body mass index (BMI), past history of steroid use, alcohol consumption, use of osteoporosis therapy, smoking, and treatment for OVCF. We compared these characteristics between the three groups. We found that the mean patient age was significantly higher in Group A, compared with Group B, and significantly lower in Group B, compared with Group C. We also found significant differences in the male-to-female ratio and mean body mass index between the three groups. In conclusion, we suggest that special attention should be paid to factors closely associated with spine and hip T-scores when evaluating elderly people with OVCF and determining appropriate treatment.
Keywords: osteoporosis; osteoporotic fracture; vertebral compression fracture; bone mineral density; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry osteoporosis; osteoporotic fracture; vertebral compression fracture; bone mineral density; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

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Lee, S.-K.; Jun, D.-S.; Lee, D.-K.; Baik, J.-M. Clinical Characteristics of Elderly People with Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture Based on a 12-Year Single-Center Experience in Korea. Geriatrics 2022, 7, 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7060123

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Lee S-K, Jun D-S, Lee D-K, Baik J-M. Clinical Characteristics of Elderly People with Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture Based on a 12-Year Single-Center Experience in Korea. Geriatrics. 2022; 7(6):123. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7060123

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Lee, Seung-Kwan, Deuk-Soo Jun, Dong-Keun Lee, and Jong-Min Baik. 2022. "Clinical Characteristics of Elderly People with Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture Based on a 12-Year Single-Center Experience in Korea" Geriatrics 7, no. 6: 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7060123

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Lee, S.-K., Jun, D.-S., Lee, D.-K., & Baik, J.-M. (2022). Clinical Characteristics of Elderly People with Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture Based on a 12-Year Single-Center Experience in Korea. Geriatrics, 7(6), 123. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics7060123

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