Percutaneous polymethylmethacrylate vertebroplasty in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures: technical aspects

PURPOSE: To describe a technique for percutaneous vertebroplasty of osteoporotic vertebral body compression fractures and to report early results of its use. Twenty-six patients (90%) reported significant pain relief immediately after treatment.

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• 1 METHODS: The technique was used over a 3-year period in 29 patients with 47 painful vertebral fractures.
• 2 The technique involves percutaneous puncture of the involved vertebra(e) via a transpedicular approach followed by injection of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) into the vertebral body.
• 3 RESULTS: The procedure was technically successful in all patients, with an average injection amount of 7.1 mL PMMA per vertebral body.

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