Complications of vertebral augmentation in metastatic spinal fractures: a systematic review of multiple study designs
Maria Clara Correia, Ana Margarida Vieira, Filipe Duarte, André Rodrigues Pinho, Francisco Serdoura, Maria João Leite · 2026
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Description
Maria Clara Correia and co-authors review harms tied to vertebral augmentation, a set of methods that inject cement into broken spine bones. Doctors use it to ease pain and steady the spine when cancer has spread there. The full range of harms was not well charted before this 2026 review.
The team searched three large databases and took in trials, cohort studies, case series, and case reports. In all, 76 studies covered 3,234 patients and at least 5,737 treated levels. The weighted overall harm rate was 25.5 percent, while harms with symptoms ran at 3.41 percent. Cement leak was most common, at 20.7 percent, though most leaks caused no symptoms.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maria Clara Correia, Ana Margarida Vieira, Filipe Duarte, André Rodrigues Pinho, Francisco Serdoura, Maria João Leite |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 99 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |