TY - BOOK AU - Mohammed Ehab Farouk Mohammed AU - Ali Hassan Alshehry , AU - Basem Ayoub , AU - Fahim Ali Abdo Albassouny , TI - Vertebroplasty in the treatment of spine fractures / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohammed Ehab Farouk Mohammed , KW - Bone cement KW - Posterior fixation KW - Vertebroplasty N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Vertebral fractures ; are highly painful , can hinder mobility , affect quality of life and lead to an increase in mortality rate amongst elderly populations . Consequences of untreated vertbral fracture are ; reduced height , kyphosis and chronic back pain. Vertebroplasty technique was carried out on 15 patients with a total of twenty one osteoporotic fractures . Patients ages varied from 55 - 75 years with the series being predominately female ( 2 : 1 ) UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -