title: Percutaneous sacroplasty: long-axis injection technique.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Sacroplasty, or the injection of percutaneous polymethyl methacrylate into a sacral insufficiency fracture, has been previously described using needle placement in the short axis of the sacrum. We describe a new technique of needle placement along the long axis of the sacrum.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This approach is easier to perform and results in improved cement distribution along the length of the sacral ala.
authors.affiliation: South Texas Radiology Group, 9150 Hueber Rd., Ste. 195, San Antonio, TX 78230, USA. dsbonerad-AJR@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Douglas K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dix
mesh_terms: D001843:Bone Cements; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015552:Injections, Intralesional / Q000379:methods; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000293:injuries*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate