Intraosseous venography with carbon dioxide contrast agent in percutaneous vertebroplasty.
OBJECTIVE
Our objectives were to ascertain whether CO2 can be used as a contrast agent in venography during percutaneous vertebroplasty and to evaluate whether it might be capable of replacing nonionic iodinated contrast agents.


CONCLUSIONS
Intraosseous venography with CO2 contrast agent was slightly inferior to iodine venography in terms of its ability to visualize the vertebral bodies and perivertebral veins, but it remains a useful technique because no interference with optimal visualization of bone cement occurs during the cement injection when CO2 remains within the fracture cleft.
Tanigawa
Noboru
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Department of Radiology, Kansai Medical University, 10-15, Fumizono, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8507, Japan. tanigano@takii.kmu.ac.jp
Komemushi
Atsushi
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Kariya
Shuji
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Kojima
Hiroyuki
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Sawada
Satoshi
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods*; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D003287:Contrast Media; D002245:Carbon Dioxide