The treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression fractures

Stephen I. Esses; Robert McGuire; John Jenkins; Joel Finkelstein; Eric Woodard; William C. Watters; Michael J. Goldberg; Michael Keith; Charles M. Turkelson; Janet L. Wies; Patrick Sluka; Kevin M. Boyer; Kristin Hitchcock

doi:10.5435/00124635-201103000-00007

The treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression fractures

Stephen I. Esses, Robert McGuire, John Jenkins, Joel Finkelstein, Eric Woodard, William C. Watters, Michael J. Goldberg, Michael Keith, Charles M. Turkelson, Janet L. Wies, Patrick Sluka, Kevin M. Boyer, Kristin Hitchcock

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This clinical practice guideline is based on a series of systematic reviews of published studies on the treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression fractures. Of 11 recommendations, one is strong; one, moderate; three, weak; and six, inconclusive. The strong recommendation is against the use of vertebroplasty to treat the fractures; the moderate recommendation is for the use of calcitonin for 4 weeks following the onset of fracture. The weak recommendations address the use of ibandronate and strontium ranelate to prevent additional symptomatic fractures, the use of L2 nerve root blocks to treat the pain associated with L3 or L4 fractures, and the use of kyphoplasty to treat symptomatic fractures in patients who are neurologically intact.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	176-182
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5435/00124635-201103000-00007
State	Published - Mar 2011

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Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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Esses, S. I., McGuire, R., Jenkins, J., Finkelstein, J., Woodard, E., Watters, W. C., Goldberg, M. J., Keith, M., Turkelson, C. M., Wies, J. L., Sluka, P., Boyer, K. M., & Hitchcock, K. (2011). The treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression fractures. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 19(3), 176-182. https://doi.org/10.5435/00124635-201103000-00007

Esses, SI, McGuire, R, Jenkins, J, Finkelstein, J, Woodard, E, Watters, WC, Goldberg, MJ, Keith, M, Turkelson, CM, Wies, JL, Sluka, P, Boyer, KM & Hitchcock, K 2011, 'The treatment of symptomatic osteoporotic spinal compression fractures', Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 176-182. https://doi.org/10.5435/00124635-201103000-00007

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