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Table 4 Cement filling and diffusion

From: Percutaneous vertebroplasty with high- versus low-viscosity bone cement for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

 

Group A (n = 107)

Group B (n = 99)

Group C (n = 102)

P value

Injected cement volume per vertebral body (ml)

 Through unilateral approach

4.52 ± 2.7

6.92 ± 1.7

6.57 ± 1.9

0.025

 Through bilateral approach

7.24 ± 3.1

11.75 ± 2.64

11.41 ± 3.2

0.021

Cement filling percentage (%)

20.78

48.53

49.12

0.017

Cement diffusion rate (%)

4.98

9.55

9.71

0.020