Preoperative prone position exercises: a simple and novel method to improve tolerance to kyphoplasty for treatment of single level osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Preoperative prone position exercises: a simple and novel method to improve tolerance to kyphoplasty for treatment of single level osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Abstract Background The proper choice of anesthesia for kyphoplasty remains controversy. There are only a few clinical studies specially focusing on and giving detailed information about this treatment under local anesthesia with or without conscious sedation. To evaluate the effect of preoperative...

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Main Authors: Guangzhou Li, Hao Liu, Qing Wang, Dejun Zhong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Kyphoplasty
Prone position
Exercises
Osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-017-1843-3

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