title: Percutaneous treatment of lumbar compression fracture with canal stenosis and neurogenic intermittent claudication: combining kyphoplasty and interspinous spacer.
abstract: Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) can cause symptomatic spinal canal stenosis secondary to posterior wall retropulsion. This report describes four patients with VCF and lumbar stenosis secondary to posterior wall retropulsion who were treated with combined kyphoplasty and percutaneous interspinous spacer (IS) placement. Clinical and imaging follow-up ranged from 12-36 months. Outcomes were favorable. Combined kyphoplasty and percutaneous IS implant represents a minimally invasive, safe, and efficient option to treat VCF with symptomatic spinal stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Largo Barozzi 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy. bbonaldi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bonaldi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cianfoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D058498:Kyphoplasty; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D013130:Spinal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome