Optimizing patient selection in percutaneous vertebroplasty

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2003 Jun;14(6):683-96. doi: 10.1097/01.rvi.0000064859.87207.fa.

Abstract

Percutaneous vertebroplasty has emerged as an effective technique for treatment of painful vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) caused by osteoporosis, malignancy, and some benign bone tumors. In selecting appropriate patients for vertebroplasty, it is important to distinguish the pain caused by VCF from other numerous causes of back pain. Careful adherence to clinical and imaging selection criteria is crucial to procedural success.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Back Pain / diagnosis
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Back Pain / surgery
  • Cervical Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Cervical Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Disease Progression
  • Humans
  • Kyphosis / diagnosis
  • Kyphosis / etiology
  • Kyphosis / prevention & control
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / pathology
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Osteoporosis / complications
  • Osteoporosis / diagnosis
  • Osteoporosis / surgery
  • Patient Selection*
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnosis
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery