One-stage percutaneous treatment in a patient with pelvic and vertebral compression fractures.
An active 38-year-old patient presenting a vertebral compression fracture associated with a pelvic fracture was treated in one stage with CT-guided fixation of the sacrum and kyphoplasty. This treatment decreased the pain, restored the vertebral height, and enabled the patient to be ambulatory. The main advantage of this double approach was to shorten the hospital stay and the nonworking period.
Unité de Neurointerventionnelle, Hôpital St. Roch, CHU, Nice, France. jsedat@yahoo.fr
Jacques
J
Sedat
Yves
Y
Chau
Cesar
C
Razafidratsiva
Nicolas
N
Bronsard
Fernand
F
de Peretti
D000328:Adult; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty