Percutaneous sacroplasty using CT fluoroscopy.
Sacral insufficiency fractures frequently cause significant pain and limit activities of daily living in patients with osteoporosis. Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a common procedure to alleviate the pain associated with thoracic and lumbar vertebral compression fractures. The sacral percutaneous vertebroplasty procedure (sacroplasty) has recently been introduced as an alternative to medical management of osteoporotic sacral insufficiency fractures. We describe our CT fluoroscopy technique in performing percutaneous sacroplasty.
Layton
K F
KF
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Thielen
K R
KR
Wald
J T
JT
D000279:Administration, Cutaneous; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000295:instrumentation; D001843:Bone Cements; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020366:Methylmethacrylate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000293:injuries*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*
D001843:Bone Cements; D020366:Methylmethacrylate