Direct transoral approach to C2 for percutaneous vertebroplasty

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2002 Nov-Dec;25(6):517-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-001-0122-7.

Abstract

Percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed via a transoral route in a 70-year-old woman with a C2 metastasis of thyroid origin involving anterior vertebral elements. Complete pain relief was obtained after an uncomplicated minimally invasive procedure. This preliminary experience demonstrates that a transoral approach under fluoroscopic control can provide safe access to the upper cervical spine at C2 level.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Cements*
  • Cervical Vertebrae* / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Fractures, Stress / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Stress / etiology
  • Fractures, Stress / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Pain
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate / administration & dosage*
  • Radiography, Interventional*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / etiology
  • Spinal Fractures / therapy*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / complications
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Spinal Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Thyroid Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Bone Cements
  • Polymethyl Methacrylate