Table 7 Vertebral pathology and amount of Pain relief
From: Analysis of percutaneous vertebroplasty—a prospective study
Pre-vertebroplasty | Post-vertebroplasty follow up after 3 month | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pathology ( no of patients in bracket) | Mean Pain score | Mean activity score | Mean Pain score | Mean activity score | P value |
Hemangioma (11) | 8.0 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.002 |
Osteoporotic (36) | 6.9 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 0.005 |
Metastatic/Neoplastic (3) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.002 |