Direct transoral approach to C2 for percutaneous vertebroplasty.
Percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed via a transoral route in a 70-year-old woman with a C2 metastasis of thyroid origin involving anterior vertebral elements. Complete pain relief was obtained after an uncomplicated minimally invasive procedure. This preliminary experience demonstrates that a transoral approach under fluoroscopic control can provide safe access to the upper cervical spine at C2 level.
D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D015775:Fractures, Stress / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate