RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: A Special Syringe for Cement Injection
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 159
OP 161
VO 21
IS 1
A1 Al-Assir, Imad
A1 Perez-Higueras, Antonio
A1 Florensa, Jose
A1 Muñoz, Alberto
A1 Cuesta, Emilio
YR 2000
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/1/159.abstract
AB Summary: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is an effective treatment for many focal vertebral lesions. Methyl methacrylate is too viscous to be handled without difficulty in the conventional way because injection time is short. The operator is left with little time and must fumble with multiple syringes. We describe a special screw-system syringe that decreases the effort needed to inject the cement. In addition, it can standardize the injection pressures and control the injected volume because the threaded plunger affords greater control of injection pressure and volume delivered than does the conventional method.