1 Month And 6 Month Follow Up Data For V-strut Placement For Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures From Two Institutions

Sunday, March 30, 2025

3:00 PM – 3:09 PM CT

Location: Music City Center, 207 AB

Presenting Author(s)

David Gage, MD (he/him/his)

Interventional Radiology Resident
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, United States

Author/Co-author(s)

MK

Majid Khan, M.B.B.S, M.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology
Johns Hopkins Hospital, United States
DG

David Gullotti, MD

Resident
Johns Hopkins Hospital, United States
RD

Reade De Leacy, MD

Associate Professor
Mount Sinai Hospital, United States

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to report 1 and 6 month follow up post-market data for a single institution following V-STRUT (Hyprevention) placement for osteoporotic fractures in patients age 50 or above.

Materials and Methods: Post-market, two institution data for patients treated with V-STRUT was analyzed. Inclusion criteria for this study included patients aged 50 to 85 years old who experienced osteoporotic spine fractures treated with V-STRUT and completed follow up evaluations at 1 and 6 months post-procedure. Baseline demographic data, fracture characteristics, procedural data, Genant fracture grading, visual analog score (VAS) pre-treatment were recorded. Follow up data at 1 month and 6 months were obtained, including post-treatment VAS, patient reported outcomes, and adverse events.

Results: 20 patients met the inclusion criteria. There were 10 male patients and 10 female patients. The median age was 72 years. The treated fractures ranged from T11 to L5. The median fracture age was 42 days. The baseline median VAS was 80/100. The median procedure duration was 40 minutes. The median quantity of cement used was 5 cc. Asymptomatic cement leakage occurred in 20% of cases. At 1 month and 6 month follow up, the median VAS was 15/100 and 10/100 respectively. Adjacent level fracture occurred in 5% of cases, and rate of remote level fracture was 5%.

Conclusion: Patients treated with V-STRUT for osteoporotic vertebral fractures had a lower incidence rate of adjacent level fractures (5%) when compared to previously reported data for other spinal implants or balloon kyphoplasty (12.9% and 27.3%)[1].