[Utility of bone SPECT-CT in percutaneous vertebroplasty].
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that has shown excellent results in the treatment of back pain due to acute-subacute vertebral fracture. The bone scintigraphy shows the increase of metabolic exchange in the fracture. The new hybrid SPECT-CT equipment combines bone SPECT images with Computed Tomography (CT), making it possible to obtain more combined, functional and anatomical information. We present 5 selected patients studied by bone SPECT-CT in whom fused images made it possible to obtain a more precise localization of the pain origin, and thus assess other possible causes of the vertebral pain or even reassess the vertebroplasty indication.
Suárez
M Solá
MS
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España. msola.germanstrias@gencat.net
Andrés
R Pérez
RP
de Pablo
P Puyalto
PP
Collsamata
P Cuadras
PC
Bota
E Calvo
EC
Arroyo
V Vallejos
VV
López-Amor
M Fraile
MF
D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001863:Bone Screws; D000075202:Contraindications; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000379:methods*