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Vertebral compression fractures are one of the most severe clinical consequences of osteoporosis and the most common fragility fracture afflicting 570 and 1070 out of 100,000 men and women worldwide, respectively. Vertebroplasty (VP), a minimally invasive surgical procedure that involves the percutaneous injection of bone cement, is one of the most efficacious methods to stabilise osteoporotic vertebral...