Neurological deficit due to Vertebroplasty cement leakage as an important complications with early sign and symptom but delay radicular pain muscle weakness presentation was rare need correct diagnostic approach.

Open Access-This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. One of the most common fragility fracture and a fracture associated with increased morbidity and mortality is the vertebral compression fracture (Hasserius et al. 2005...

BACKGROUND Bone cement leakage during vertebroplasty is a frequently reported complication with the potential for neural injury. OBJECTIVE To assess risk factors for epidural cement leakage during vertebroplasty. SETTING Neurosurgical department of a scientific research institute. STUDY DESIGN This is a prospective cross-sectional randomized trial. METHODS Seventy-five patients with int...

It is well-established that vertebroplasty has effects on sagittal parameters due to various pathologies of the spine. Our objective in study was reveal impact applied compression fractures trauma parameters.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Percutaneous vertebroplasty is an effective tool for the relief of pain caused by osteoporotic spine fractures. Our purpose is to evaluate this technique and its effectiveness in restoring the height of such fractures. METHODS Forty osteoporotic vertebral body fractures in 30 consecutive patients (24 female, six males; mean age, 70 years) were analyzed retrospectively, ...

The occupational exposure to methylmethacrylate (MMA) vapor during percutaneous vertebroplasty was determined. During five vertebroplasty procedures, air-sampling pumps were attached to medical personnel. MMA vapor levels in the samples were then quantified using gas chromatography. The samples collected yielded MMA vapor levels of less than five parts per million (ppm). The MMA vapor concentra...

It has been 10 years since percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) was introduced clinically into the United States. The procedure has grown in acceptance and is becoming the standard of care for pain associated with compression fractures of the spine (1). It has proved effective for this purpose and is generally safe when used by well-trained and prudent physicians. We have learned of many pitfalls a...

Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are relatively new minimally invasive methods to treat osteoporotic or pathologic vertebra fractures. Both technics are similar in principle whereas in kyphoplasty a baloon is introduced into the vertebra to restore the height loss. Currently there are severeral studies reporting the safety and efficacy of both methods and in this report technical nuances and evid...

Vertebroplasty is a procedure in which polymethlymethacrylate (PMMA) is injected into a vertebral body compression fracture. It has been suggested that fractues greater than 65% to 70% of the original vertebral body height are too compressed to be treated successfully with this procedure. We describe six patients with severe compression fractures that were successfully treated with vertebroplas...

There are various techniques available for percutaneous biopsy of suspected diskitis/osteomyelitis. Our technique has evolved as our experience with percutaneous vertebroplasty has grown. By using a transpedicular approach, we angle a bone biopsy needle in an exaggerated caudocranial trajectory to allow eventual access across the disk space above. This approach permits sampling of the disk spac...