InhaltsangabeChapter 1: Epidemiology of Osteoporosis

Chapter 2: Drug Therapy of Osteoporosis

Chapter 3: Clinical and Mortality Risk of the Osteoporotic Spine Fracture

Chapter 4: Biomechanics

Chapter 5: Indications, Contraindications, Treatment Scheme and Imaging

Chapter 6: Special Anatomy and Fracture Classification

Chapter 7: The Technique of Balloon Kyphoplasty

Chapter 8: Results in Kyphoplasty, Risks and Complications

Chapter 9: Special Indications and Techniques of Balloon kyphoplasty

Chapter 10: Indications and experience with Balloon Kyphoplasty in Trauma

Chapter 11: Alternative Methods to Kyphoplasty: Vertebroplasty - Lordoplasty

Chapter 12: Injectable cements for vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty

Chapter 13: Physiotherapeutic treatment after Balloon Kyphoplasty - Aspects and Concepts

Appendix