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## Introduction The purpose of this study was to assess radiological features and clinical scores of osteoporotic vertebral fracture (OVF) accompanied by spinous process fracture (SPF). ## Methods We included painful patients with single-level OVF with intravertebral cleft. SPF was detected using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or computed tomography (CT). The plain radiographs of the vertebral fractures were evaluated based on the wedging angle of the fractured vertebrae and vertebral instability. We investigated the clinical parameters of age, gender, visual analog scale (VAS) score for low back pain (LBP), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and the period from the onset of acute fracture. ## Results MRI and/or CT indicated among 195 patients of OVF with LBP, 41 patients (20.5%) had SPFs. SPFs were observed one level above the fractured vertebral body in 35 patients (85.4%) and at the same level as the fractured vertebral body in 6 patients (14.6%). The prevalence of vertebral fracture of thoracic spine in the SPF-positive group was significantly greater than that in the SPF-negative group. There were no significant differences in age, gender, VAS, ODI, the time period from th

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Author

Toshio Nakamae; Naosuke Kamei; Yoshinori Fujimoto; Kiyotaka Yamada; Satoshi Ujigo; Nobuo Adachi

Publisher

Japanese Society for Spine Surgery and Related Research

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)