Comparison of Analgetic Therapies in Traumatic Vertebral Compression Fractures: Vertebroplasty vs Thermal Facet Ablation.

Exclusion Criteria

• •Subjects who decline to provide written consent or follow-up.
• •Subjects who are pregnant.
• •Subjects with bleeding disorders or active anticoagulation that cannot be stopped for few days close to the time of the procedure.
• •Subjects who have an active systemic or local infection.
• •Patients who have other specific etiology of low back pain (e.g. significant spinal canal stenosis or grade 2 or 3 spondylolisthesis).
• •Secondary gain (i.e., ongoing litigation, worker's compensation or other financial incentives)
• •Psychopathology including depression, somatization or poor coping skills
• •Physical factors including non-sedentary lifestyle, e.g.; morbid obesity (BMI \> 35kg/m2).
• •History of previous Radiofrequency Ablation at the same level(s) in the previous 12 months.
• •History of previous Vertebroplasty at the same level(s) in the previous 12 months.