title: Percutaneous vertebroplasty with polymethylmethacrylate. Technique, indications, and results.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty with acrylic cement consists of injecting polymethylmethacrylate into vertebral bodies destabilized by osseous lesions. The aim is to obtain an analgesic effect by reinforcing lesions of the spine. The major indications are vertebral angiomas, osteoporotic vertebral crush syndromes, and malignant spinal tumors. The clinically significant complications occur predominantly in patients with spinal metastatics, but in the great majority of cases they resolve with medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de Radiologie A, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deramond
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Depriester
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Galibert
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le Gars
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009339:Needles; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate