title: Percutaneous vertebroplasty performed by the isocenter puncture method.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to clarify the usefulness of the isocenter puncture (ISOP) method.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated 73 vertebral bodies that had undergone percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) by the ISOP method, 118 vertebral bodies that had undergone the puncture simulation method, and 33 vertebral bodies that had undergone the conventional method. The items to be examined included the success rate (SR) of the median puncture of the vertebral body and the procedure time. The puncture accuracy and fluoroscopy time were also measured for the ISOP method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SR was significantly higher and the procedure time significantly shorter when using the ISOP method rather than the conventional method. However, no significant differences were observed between the ISOP method and the puncture simulation method. The errors between the puncture needle tip and the puncture target point in the ISOP method were an average of 1.52, 2.08, and 1.87 mm in each of the horizontal, ventrodorsal, and craniocaudal directions. The fluoroscopy time when operating on one vertebral body was an average of 5.8 min.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The ISOP method is considered to be a useful approach while also reducing the puncture time and the fluoroscopy time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae, Kawasaki, 216-8511, Japan. sakashin622@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Shinjirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakaino
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Misako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
authors.forename: Yukihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kunihiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yagihashi
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakajima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000379:methods; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011677:Punctures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*