[Effectiveness comparison of low-temperature bone cement perfusion before and after improvement in percutaneous...

To discuss the safety and effectiveness of the improved technique by comparing the effects of low temperature bone cement infusion before and after the improvement in the percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP).

The clinical data of 170 patients (184 vertebrae) with osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture who met the selection criteria between January 2016 and January 2018 were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were treated with PVP by low-temperature bone cement perfusion technology. According to the technical improvement or not, the patients were divided into two groups: the group before the technical improvement (group A, 95 cases) and the group after the technical improvement (group B, 75 cases). In group A, the patients were treated by keeping the temperature of bone cement at 0℃ and parallel puncture; in group B, the patients were treated by increasing the temperature of bone cement or reducing the time of bone cement in ice salt water and cross puncture. There was no significant difference in gender, age, disease duration, T value of bone mineral density, operative segment, and preoperative vertebral compression rate, visual analogue scale (VAS) score between the two groups ( P>0.05). CT examination was performed immediately after operation, and the leakage rate of bone cement was calculated. The amount of bone cement perfusion and the proportion of bone cement in contact with the upper and lower endplates at the same time were compared between the two groups. The vertebral compression rate was calculated and the VAS score was used to evaluate the pain before operation, at immediate after operation, and last follow-up.

There was no complication such as incision infection, spinal nerve injury, or pulmonary embolism in both groups. There was no significant difference in the amount of bone cement perfusion between groups A and B ( t=0.175, P=0.861). There were 38 vertebral bodies (36.89%) in group A and 49 vertebral bodies (60.49%) in group B exposed to bone cement contacting with the upper and lower endplates at the same time, showing significant difference ( χ ²=10.132, P=0.001). Bone cement leakage occurred in 19 vertebral bodies (18.45%) in group A and 6 vertebral bodies (7.41%) in group B, also showing significant difference ( χ ²=4.706, P=0.030). The patients in group A and group B were followed up (13.3±1.2) months and (11.5±1.1) months, respectively. The vertebral compression rates of the two groups at immediate after operation were significantly lower than those before operation ( P<0.05), but the vertebral compression rate of group A at last follow-up was significantly higher than that at immediate after operation ( P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in group B between at immediate after operation and at last follow-up ( P>0.05). The VAS scores of the two groups at immediate after operation were significantly lower than those before operation ( P<0.05); but the VAS scores of group A at last follow-up were significantly higher than those at immediate after operation ( P<0.05) and there was no siginificant difference in group B ( P>0.05). There was no significant difference in VAS scores between the two groups at immediate after operation ( t=0.380, P=0.705); but at last follow-up, VAS score in group B was significantly lower than that in group A ( t=3.627, P=0.000).

The improved advanced low-temperature bone cement perfusion technology during PVP by increasing the viscosity of bone cement combined with cross-puncture technology, can reduce bone cement leakage, improve the distribution of bone cement in the vertebral body, and reduce the risk of vertebral collapse, and achieve better effectiveness.