title: A new, easy, fast, and safe method for CT-guided sacroplasty.
abstract: Sacral insufficiency fractures constitute clinical challenges because no effective surgical techniques can be applied and only a conservative treatment is currently performed. Sacroplasty is increasingly used to treat sacral insufficiency fractures. A computed tomography (CT)-guided technique concerning the placement of the sacroplasty needles within the sacral wings by using a laser alignment light guidance associated with a CT gantry tilt in a plane parallel to the sacral bone is presented. This method allowed a fast and precise placement of the needle in and along the sacral wings, thus preventing the use of multiple needles to reach the fracture sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. stefano.binaghi@chuv.ch
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Binaghi
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guntern
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schnyder
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Theumann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate