Abstract:[Objective] To compare the anti-cement-leakage efficacy of three percutaneous vertebral augmentations (PVA) in the treat- ment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture (OVCF) in the elderly. [Methods] A retrospective study was done on 80 patients who re- ceived PVA for OVCF from January 2020 to December 2022. Of them, 20 patients received percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP), 30 patients re- ceived PVP with fractionated cement injection (FCI), while the remaining 30 patients received PVP following sealing by gelatin sponge (SGS). Clinical and imaging data of the three groups were compared. [Results] All patients in the three groups were operated on successfully, with a case of bone cement leakage occurred in the SGS group. The operative time was ranked from high to low as PKP group > FCI group > SGS group with statistically significant differences [(42.2±4.5) min vs (35.4±4.0) min vs (28.9±3.2) min, P<0.001]. The injection amount of bone cement was arranged up-down as PKP group > FCI group > SGS group with statistically significant differences [(5.8±0.4) ml vs (5.4± 0.5) ml vs (4.9±0.6) ml, P=0.001]. The PKP group had the highest hospital expense, which was significantly higher than that of the other two groups (P<0.05). The VAS and ODI scores significantly decreased over time in all the 3 groups (P>0.05), of which the VAS scores 1 day after surgery were of PKP group >FCI group>SGS group with statistically significant differences [(2.0±0.8) vs (1.2±0.8) vs (1.0±0.6), P<0.001]. Ra- diographically, PKP group got significantly better kyphotic correction than the other two groups [(7.4±0.9)° vs (5.3±1.0)° vs (5.1±0.5)°, P< 0.001]. However, the anterior height of the affected vertebrae increased significantly in all three groups after surgery (P<0.05). [Conclusion] The three surgical techniques have their own advantages and disadvantages. PKP is suitable for patients who need to correct kyphosis with high financial cost, the PVP with fractioned injection is more balanced in all data among the three groups of operations, while the PVP with sealing by gelatin sponge is simple in operation with short operation time, but a certain risk of cement leakage.