TY - JOUR T1 - A Technique to Circumvent Subcutaneous Cement Tracts during Percutaneous Vertebroplasty JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1595 LP - 1596 VL - 25 IS - 9 AU - Timothy J. Kaufmann AU - John T. Wald AU - David F. Kallmes Y1 - 2004/10/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/9/1595.abstract N2 - Summary: The deposition of a subcutaneous cement tract is a potential complication of percutaneous vertebroplasty. These tracts can be a source of pain and tenderness for the patient. We describe a case of symptomatic cement deposition within a needle tract in the subcutaneous tissues that required surgical removal, and we describe a technique to prevent this complication in a second patient, by using needle redirection to cut across the cement core. ER -