Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical efficacy of low-temperature (LT) versus normal-temperature (NT) bone cement perfu- sion in percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for Kummell,s disease. [Methods] A retrospective study was done on 60 patients who underwent PVP for Kümmell,s disease in our department from September 2018 to August 2021. Of them, 30 patients received LT intermittent perfusion of bone cement, while the remaining 30 patients had PVP performed with bone cement injection under NT. The perioperative period, followup and imaging data of the two groups were compared. [Results] All the patients in both groups had PVP performed smoothly. The LT group got significantly longer injectable time of bone cement than the NT group [(10.5±1.3)mm vs (4.9±1.0)min, P<0.05], while the former had sig- nificantly lower leakage rate of bone cement than the latter (6.7% vs 36.7%, P<0.05), nevertheless there were no significant differences in op- eration time, intraoperative fluoroscopy times, bone cement injection amount, postoperative walking time and hospital stay between the two groups (P>0.05). All of them in both groups were followed up for (15.0±1.8) months on a mean, and there was no significant difference in the time to return to full weight-bearing activities between the two groups (P>0.05). Compared with those preoperatively, the VAS, ODI and JOA scores significantly improved in both groups at discharge and the latest follow-up (P<0.05). Although there was no significant difference in the abovesaid scores between the two groups before surgery (P>0.05), the LT group proved significantly superior to the NT group at discharge [VAS (2.0±1.3) vs (2.9±1.3), P=0.010; ODI (27.7±3.5) vs (28.1±3.8), P=0.022; JOA (22.9±2.0) vs (21.7±1.7), P=0.010] and at the latest fol- low-up [VAS (2.1±1.2) vs (2.9±1.4), P=0.016; ODI (26.5±2.6) vs (27.7±3.7), P=0.034; JOA (22.5±1.5) vs (21.4±1.8), P=0.033]. Radiographi-cally, the LT group was significantly superior to the NT group in term of satisfactory ratio of bone cement diffusion (56.7% vs 30.0%, P< 0.05). Compared with those preoperatively, the relative anterior vertebral height and local Cobb angle in both groups significantly improved immediately after surgery and at the latest follow-up (P<0.05), whereas which proved not significantly different between the two groups at any time points accordingly (P>0.05). [Conclusion] Intermittent perfusion of bone cement at low temperature does significantly increase the effective injection time of bone cement, improve the diffusion extent of bone cement in vertebral body, and reduce the risk of bone cement leakage