BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The patient populations that are most likely to benefit from
percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) are uncertain. Our purpose was to evaluate the effect of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patient selection for percutaneous vertebroplasty is often
complicated by the presence of multiple fractures or non-localizing pain. Our purpose was to …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Controversy exists regarding the utility of antecedent
venography in percutaneous vertebroplasty. Our purpose was to determine whether antecedent …

PURPOSE: To develop a rabbit model of an intracranial bifurcation aneurysm to test new
endovascular therapies. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An experimental aneurysm model was …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our long-term goal is to improve intraaneurysmal fibrosis
after aneurysm embolization, by implanting exogenous fibroblasts, using platinum coils. For …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Vertebroplasty performed in the mid- and upper thoracic
spine presents technical challenges that differ from those in the lower thoracic and lumbar …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Thromboembolic events are a common source of
complications during Guglielmi detachable coil (GDC) treatment of intracranial aneurysms. …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Abstract presentations are a valuable means of rapidly
conveying new information; however, abstracts that fail to eventually become published are of …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Previous investigators have described an association
between polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) use in hip arthroplasty and cardiovascular …

As angiographers, we often feel stabs of inadequacy when first reading the many articles
promoting the use of CT angiography (CTA) for aneurysm detection. On the basis of the …