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American Journal of Neuroradiology
DOI 10.3174/ajnr.A1066

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Significance and Targeting of Small, Central Clefts in Severe Fractures Treated With Vertebroplasty

A. Ehteshami Rad, L.A. Gray and D.F. Kallmes

From the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

Please address correspondence to David F. Kallmes, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905; e-mail: kallmes.david{at}mayo.edu

SUMMARY: We report a small cohort of patients with severe osteoporotic fractures treated with vertebroplasty. We note a high prevalence of small, central, intraosseous clefts in these severe fractures. Rather than filling the small amount of residual bone marrow around the periphery of these severe fractures, as suggested by previous authors, we suggest central needle placement to fill these central clefts.






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