NCT01609712

Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures: Can Kyphoplasty Improve Lung Function? A Prospective Evaluation

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital, Bonn · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients with vertebral fractures often have problems to straighten and as a consequence of impaired lung ventilation that leads to a impaired lung function. Furthermore, it comes to the sintering of the vertebra and a so-called hunchback. This also contributes to the poorer expansion of the lung. Pain is also caused by respiratory excursions of the chest which hinder the patients to use their entire lung volume. Kyphoplasty is designed to counter all these consequences of vertebral fractures by bringing stability to the fracture. In order to prove the thesis the results of lung function test (FEV1, PEF) are assessed.

Conditions

• Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures
• Lung Function

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Radiofrequency Kyphoplasty	Radiofrequency kyphoplasty is a new form of surgical treatment. It injects an ultrahigh viscosity cement into the fractured vertebral body, using radiofrequency to achieve the proper consistency of the cement. This ultrahigh viscosity cement is designed to first restore proper height and alignment to the fractured vertebra and then to stabilize the fracture, thereby preventing further intravertebral motion and reducing pain. The RF-Kyphoplasty is standard of care in our hospital. It is FDA and CE approved.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-05-01
• First posted: 2012-06-01
• Last updated: 2012-06-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany