[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.
Servicio de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, España. msola.germanstrias@gencat.net
M Solá
MS
Suárez
R Pérez
RP
Andrés
P Puyalto
PP
de Pablo
P Cuadras
PC
Collsamata
E Calvo
EC
Bota
V Vallejos
VV
Arroyo
M Fraile
MF
López-Amor
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*