Abstract:[Objective] To explore the clinical efficacy of percutaneous curved vertebroplasty (PCVP), by comparison with unilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty (UPVP and bilateral percutaneous vertebroplasty (BPVP) for thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCF). [Methods] A retrospective study was done on 78 patients who had thoracolumbar OVCF treated surgically in our hospital from May 2018 to April 2019. Based on doctor-patient communication, 30 patients were treated with PCVP, the other 36 with UPVP, and the remaining 22 with BPVP. The documents regarding perioperative period, follow-up and auxiliary examination were compared among the three groups. [Results] The PCVP group proved significantly superior to the UPVP and BPVP in terms of operation time [(35.9±4.2) min vs (39.3±5.0) min vs (42.6±5.0) min, P 0.001], intraoperative X ray exposure times [(8.3±1.2) times vs (9.7±1.7) times vs (18.2±2.6) times, P 0.001], bone cement injection volume [(5.9±1.1) mL vs (6.7±1.4) mL vs (7.6±1.5) mL, P 0.001], intraoperative blood loss [(12.4±1.6) mL vs (25.7±2.0) mL vs (28.3±6.0) mL, P 0.001], the ambulation time [(6.5±1.1) hours vs (7.8±1.4) hours vs (8.5±0.9) hours, P 0.001], hospital stay [(5.9±1.2) days vs (8.0±2.0) days vs (8.0±1.8) days, P 0.001], hospitalization cost [(1.9±0.4) 10 k yuan vs (2.1±0.5) 10 k yuan vs (2.2± 0.4) 10 k yuan, P 0.001]. The incidences of bone cement leakage in PCVP and BPVP groups were significantly lower than that in UPVP group (0 vs 4.6% vs 26.9%, P 0.001). With time of the follow-up period lasted for (15.1±2.5) months in a mean, the VAS and ODI scores of the three groups were significantly decreased (P<0.05). At 2 days after surgery and the last follow-up, the PCVP group was significantly better than the UPVP group and the BPVP group in terms of VAS score [(2.2±1.2) vs (2.8±0.7) vs (2.9±0.6), P 0.005; (1.3±0.6) vs (2.2±1.2) vs (1.8±0.9), P=0.007] and ODI score [(18.8±1.9) vs (20.3±2.1) vs (21.5±2.2), P<0.001; (13.1±1.3) vs (16.3±1.6) vs (17.1±1.5),P<0.001]. As for images, vertebral anterior height (AVH), posterior vertebral height (PVH), local kyphotic angle (LKA), thoracolumbar kyphotic angle (TLK) were significantly improved over time (P<0.05), which in PCVP group were significantly better than those in UPVP and BPVP groups at corresponding time points after surgery (P<0.05). [Conclusion] PCVP is effective in the treatment for thoracolumbar OVCF, which is conducive to the uniform distribution of bone cement in fractured vertebrae and better improvement of lumbar function, and has the advantages of less trauma, simple operation, short time, fewer fluoroscopy times and quick postoperative recovery