Abstract:Objective To explore different amounts of bone cement injection on clinical efficacy of bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty for osteoporotic compression fracture of cervical vertebrae. Methods Eighty-two patients with osteoporotic compression fracture of cervical vertebrae were collected prospectively in our hospital and were randomly divided into observation group and control group, each included 41 cases. The patients of both groups received bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty with injection of high-viscosity bone cement. The amounts of the injection in the observation group were 1.5-2.5 ml, and those in the control group were 2.6-3.5 ml. The clinical effect and the adverse reactions were observed. Results Compared with the control group, the amount of the injection of bone cement in the observation group decreased (P < 0.05); the bone cement leakage rate was decreased (P < 0.05).There was no obvious clinical symptom on intervertebral leakage or paravertebral leakage in both groups without any special treatment. In the 2 cases of the control group with intraspinal leakage, body weakness occurred after operation, they were then given laminectomy decompression followed by intraspinal bone cement extraction and the neurotrophic therapy, and the symptom mentioned above disappeared 1 month after operation. There was no statistical difference in Visual Analogue Scales (VAS) score, operation time, times of X-ray examination, cervical vertebra dysfunction index, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), health-related quality of life (SF-36) or Cobb angle between the two groups before operation, 1 month and 6 months after operation (P > 0.05). Conclusions Different dosages of injection of bone cement can significantly improve the patients’ clinical symptoms, but low dosage of injection can significantly reduce the bone cement leakage rate.