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AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

Published ahead of print on January 8, 2009
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1442

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Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty Produce the Same Degree of Height Restoration

A. Hiwatashi^a,b, P.-L.A. Westesson^a, T. Yoshiura^b, T. Noguchi^b, O. Togao^b, K. Yamashita^b, H. Kamano^b and H. Honda^b

^a Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
^b Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

View larger version (83K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 1. A 75-year-old woman with compression fractures at T12 and L1, which were treated with vertebroplasty. A, Postoperative CT scan with sagittal re-formation shows intradiskal cement leakages at L1-L2 disk space (arrow). B, Postoperative axial CT shows cement leakage into the paravertebral vein at T12 on the left (arrow).

View larger version (92K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Fig 2. An 85-year-old woman with a compression fracture at L1, which was treated with kyphoplasty. A, Postoperative CT scan with sagittal re-formation shows no intradiskal cement leakage from the L1 vertebral body. B, Postoperative axial CT scan again shows no cement leakage from the L1 vertebral body.