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Characteristic Mean age ± SD (range), years 77.5 ± 9.5 (40–98) No. (%) female 263 (74) Total number of VCFs 660 No. (%) primary VCFs* 489 (74) No. (%) secondary VCFs† 171 (26) Preprocedure VAS pain intensity—all fractures N 652 Mean ± SD 7.9 ± 2.2 Median 8.0 Range 0–10 Postprocedure VAS pain intensity—all fractures N 560 Mean ± SD 1.6 ± 2.8 Median 0 Range 0–10 Pain improvement—all fractures N 560 Mean ± SD −6.2 ± 3.5 Median −7.0 Range −10.0–6.0
Note:—VAS indicates visual analog scale.
* Primary vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) are first-time fractures for which vertebroplasty was performed.
† Secondary VCFs are subsequent new fractures that are adjacent or nonadjacent to the primary fractures.