Table 1:

Previous fractures

Cortoss (n = 162)PMMA (n = 94)Total (n = 256)
No. of patients with any previous fracturesa56 (34.6%)31 (33.0%)87 (34.0%)
Total no. of levels with previous fracturesb10660166
No. of patients with any previous fractures (treated)c20 (12.3%)13 (13.8%)33 (12.9%)
Total no. of levels with previous fractures (treated)332558
No. of patients with any previous fractures (untreated)d39 (24.1%)21 (22.3%)60 (23.4%)
Total no. of levels with previous fractures (untreated)e7335108
  • a Excludes pre-existing untreated fractures that were treated along with the acute fracture in the current study. Includes treated and untreated fractures other than the index treated levels.

  • b Includes all levels with previously treated fractures and all levels with previous untreated fractures, excluding those levels treated in the current study.

  • c No. and percentage of patients with any previous fractures treated with vertebral augmentation.

  • d Excludes untreated levels treated in the current study.

  • e Excludes levels treated in the current study.