Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Aydemir Kale

Publications

• Case Report
  The Oldest Alive Vertebroplasty Patient with Thoracic Compression Fracture
  Author(s): Aydemir Kale, Evren Aydogmus, Eren Goprkem Gun and Bektas AçikgozAydemir Kale, Evren Aydogmus, Eren Goprkem Gun and Bektas Açikgoz
  
  The relationship between osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures in elder population is well known. Pain and immobility in these patients causes serious comorbid diseases. Vertebroplasty is been used to reduce pain and to return the patients to their normal life quality in osteoporotic compression fractured patients for many years. Although vertebroplasty was widely used at lower thoracic and lumbar regions earlier, with higher experience it became administrable at mid and upper thoracic vertebrae nowadays. Many cases and techniques are reported in the literature till now but, to the best of our knowledge there is no such case of vertebroplasty procedure at 103 years old. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000619

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