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Table 1 Summarized data of the results

From: The effect of void creation prior to vertebroplasty on intravertebral pressure and cement distribution in cadaveric spines with simulated metastases

 

Void + VP

VP alone

P

Maximum intravertebral pressure (kPa)

1.20 ± 1.04

5.09 ± 2.84

0.001*

Cement extravasation

33.3% (3 of 9)

55.6% (5 of 9)

0.319

Gender of donor (male versus female)

5 versus 4

6 versus 3

1.000

Bone density (g/cm3)

0.27 ± 0.074

0.21 ± 0.051

0.085

Vertebral body size (mm3)

22,995 ± 6,243

24,222 ± 6,616

0.691

Cement volume (mm3)

4,599 ± 416

4,844 ± 441

0.691

  1. VP vertebroplasty.
  2. *Significant difference.