Patients who underwent kyphoplasty were also more likely to survive than patients who had vertebroplasty, according to the report. The research was presented at the spring meeting of the British Geriatric Society.
The research was comprised of 410,965 patients who suffered fractures and either received surgical or non-surgical treatment. Of the patents who received surgical treatment, there was a 74.8 percent survival rate after 24 months, compared with the 67.4 percent among those who received non-surgical treatment. The surgical patients were also less likely to die of fracture-related problems.
Read the report from The Telegraph about kyphoplasty.
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