Kyphoplasty as a useful technique for complicated haemangiomas.
The technique of kyphoplasty has been used to treat painful vertebral symptomatic haemangiomas, osteolytic metastasis and osteoporotic compression fractures. We present two patients in whom kyphoplasty was successfully used, together with open posterior fixation, to treat complicated spinal haemangiomas. In one patient the haemangioma was associated with acute traumatic vertebral fracture, and in the other with progressive cord compression and deteriorating neurological function. We found kyphoplasty to be a safe and efficacious treatment for this complex surgical problem.
Neurosurgery Department, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Adelaide, South Australia 5042, Australia. justinmurraymoore@gmail.com
Justin M
JM
Moore
Santosh
S
Poonnoose
Matthew
M
McDonald
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D005260:Female; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D058498:Kyphoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed