title: Percutaneous pedicle screw placement into a spinal segment previously treated with vertebroplasty: technical note.
abstract: Vertebral augmentation with cement has become a common procedure for the treatment of compression fractures, leading to a growing population who have had this procedure and are now in need of another spinal surgery. This technical note reports an undescribed method for placing pedicle screws through a previously cemented level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Joanna E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Gernsback
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
authors.forename: Michael Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D065289:Pedicle Screws; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000379:methods*
keywords: fracture; kyphoplasty; minimally invasive; pedicle screw; percutaneous; technique; vertebroplasty