title: Percutaneous vertebroplasty: history, technique and current perspectives.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a safe and efficacious technique for the treatment of persistent pain from a fractured vertebral body. Injection of cement into the vertebral body is made after insertion of a large-bore needle, frequently by a trans-pedicular approach. Vertebroplasty is most commonly used to treat painful osteoporotic fracture resistant to conservative therapy, but may be helpful in other conditions such as malignant collapse. NICE guidelines are now available for this procedure, which is relatively new in the UK, but has been performed for more than 15 years in continental Europe.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. geoff.hide@nuth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Hide
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gangi
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007278:Injections, Spinal; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate