PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - A. Ehteshami Rad AU - L.A. Gray AU - D.F. Kallmes TI - Significance and Targeting of Small, Central Clefts in Severe Fractures Treated With Vertebroplasty AID - 10.3174/ajnr.A1066 DP - 2008 Aug 01 TA - American Journal of Neuroradiology PG - 1285--1287 VI - 29 IP - 7 4099 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/7/1285.short 4100 - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/7/1285.full SO - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2008 Aug 01; 29 AB - 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.