Spine Bone Cements Outcomes - Post Market Follow-up

It is admitted that:

• Cementoplasty procedures such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are recommended in the treatment of painful vertebral compression fractures, due to their efficiency and safety
• These mini-invasive procedures, where bone cement is injected into a partially collapsed vertebral body, are used to reduce pain and to provide mechanical stability
• In most patients, a rapid pain relief and an increase in mobility and quality of life are obtained
• Serious complications from bone cements leaks and adjacent vertebral fractures can be observed but remain rather rare
• The use of spinal cement in pedicle screw augmentation procedures can be relevant to increase the strength of the screw fixation in the bone, particularly in osteoporotic patients.

TEKNIMED has developed several bone cements currently used in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures in the treatment of vertebral weakness. Among those, one cement is also used in pedicle screw augmentation procedures.

With the increasing use of these procedures, there is a need of real-life safety and efficacy data on the bone cements.

This retro-prospective study is performed to confirm the safety and performance of TEKNIMED spine bone cements in their current clinical use.

Inclusion criteria

• Be 18 years or older
• Be willing to sign an informed consent approved by Ethic Committee (when applicable) or not being opposed to the use of their clinical data in the study

o For prospective inclusion:

• Be considered for treatment with one of the TEKNIMED Spine Range cement comprised in this study

o For retrospective inclusion:

• Have undergone a surgery with a TEKNIMED Spine Range cement between the 1st of January 2016 and the date of the site initiation visit.
• Be informed of the study and not being opposed to the use of their clinical data in the study or be willing to sign an informed consent during the first follow-up visit following the site initiation (when applicable).

Exclusion criteria

Patients presenting one of the following conditions will not be included (contraindications per IFU):

• Procedures other than those stated in the INDICATIONS section
• Coagulation disorders, or severe cardiopulmonary disease
• Unstable vertebral fractures
• Compromise of the vertebral body or of the pedicle walls
• Hypersensitivity or allergy to one of the constituents of the product
• Patient clearly improving on more conservative treatment
• Prophylactic use in spinal metastatic or osteoporotic patients with no evidence of acute fracture
• Paediatric patients and pregnant or breast-feeding women.