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American Journal of Neuroradiology 24:1003-1007, May 2003
© 2003 American Society of Neuroradiology

Case Report
SPINE

Sacroplasty: A Treatment for Sacral Insufficiency Fractures

William Pommersheim^a, Frank Huang-Hellinger^b, Michael Baker^a and Pearse Morris^a

^a Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC
^b Department of Radiology, Florida Hospital Medical Center, Orlando, FL

Address correspondence to Pearse Morris, M.B., B.Ch., Department of Radiology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Meads Hall, Second Floor, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157

Summary: Sacral insufficiency fracture is a debilitating injury for which no active treatment is currently available. We present three consecutive cases of elderly patients with sacral insufficiency fractures whose symptoms were relieved immediately by treatment of the fractures by polymethylmethacrylate injections, a so-called sacroplasty.

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