Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Painful Compression Fractures in a Small Cohort of Patients with a Decreased Expectation-Related Placebo Effect due to Dementia

摘要

Although abundant literature has reported success with vertebroplasty for the treatment of painful compression fractures, none has accounted for a potential expectation-related placebo effect. We report the results of vertebroplasty for painful vertebral body compression fractures in a small cohort of patients with dementia with the assumption that this patient subgroup is subjected to a decreased placebo effect.