1. Percutaneous CT-Guided Vertebroplasty in the Management of Osteoporotic Fractures and Dorsolumbar Metastases
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Lodovico Renzi Brivio, R. Caudana, Andrea Pizzoli, and Enrico Vittorini
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Percutaneous ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Osteoporosis ,Pain relief ,Early detection ,macromolecular substances ,Lumbar vertebrae ,Percutaneous vertebroplasty ,Humans ,Medicine ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Vertebroplasty ,Lumbar Vertebrae ,Spinal Neoplasms ,business.industry ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,medicine.disease ,Spine ct ,Vertebral body ,Fractures, Spontaneous ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Spinal Fractures ,Radiology ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business - Abstract
Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a minimally invasive, image-guided procedure consisting of an injection of acrylic cement into a vertebral body to reinforce the compressed segment and achieve pain relief. The use of PVP is a minimally invasive option in the treatment of osteoporotic or metastatic vertebral collapses. Our personal experience, using a CT-guided technique, confirms the efficacy and safety of PVP with a lower risk for complications compared with conventional fluoroscopic approaches because of a precise placement of the instruments in the vertebral body and an early detection of small cement leakages.
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- 2009
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