title: Optimizing patient selection in percutaneous vertebroplasty.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty has emerged as an effective technique for treatment of painful vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) caused by osteoporosis, malignancy, and some benign bone tumors. In selecting appropriate patients for vertebroplasty, it is important to distinguish the pain caused by VCF from other numerous causes of back pain. Careful adherence to clinical and imaging selection criteria is crucial to procedural success.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA. bstallmeyer@umm.edu
authors.forename: M J Bernadette
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stallmeyer
authors.forename: Gregg H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Zoarski
authors.forename: Abraham M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Obuchowski
mesh_terms: D001416:Back Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018579:Patient Selection; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery