title: Cone-Beam CT-Guided Vertebroplasty in a Patient With Vertebra Plana.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Vertebra plana has been considered a contraindication for vertebroplasty for various reasons including difficulty in needle placement. Recently, vertebroplasty under conventional fluoroscopic guidance has been shown to be feasible in patients with vertebra plana.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cone-beam CT with a navigation guidance system can be used during vertebroplasty in patients with severe vertebra plana to allow safe needle trajectory and placement.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore.|2 Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Uei
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pua
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433, Singapore.
authors.forename: Gavin Hock Tai
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D058866:Osteoporotic Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000379:methods*
keywords: cone-beam CT; vertebra plana; vertebroplasty