Risk Factors for Cement Leakage and Adjacent Vertebral Fractures in Kyphoplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

Diabetes and the alteration of the Cobb angle following PKP are factors positively related to the occurrence of postoperative adjacent vertebral fractures. It is also demonstrated that the integrity of vertebral walls and average volumes of injected cement are the possible risk factors of cement leakage while performing the PKP.