La vertebroplastia es un procedimiento que precisa, bajo control radioscópico, de la inyección percutánea de cemento óseo en una vértebra colapsada. Se ha introducido para el tratamiento del dolor prolongado originado por una fractura vertebral secundaria, bien a osteopo-rosis o bien a procesos osteolíticos, con la finalidad de restaurar la capacidad de carga axial y la rigidez de la vértebra lesionada.
Nuestros resultados sugieren que este procedimiento se acompaña de un alivio del dolor en prácticamente el 100% de los casos.
Una adecuada selección de los pacientes y una técnica precisa suelen minimizar las complicaciones.
Vertebroplasty procedure which involves percutaneous injection of bone cement into a collapsed vertebra using fluoroscopic guidance, has been introduced not only for treatment of osteoporotic patients, who have prolonged long lasting pain following vertebral fracture, but also for osteolytic vertebral compression fractures, to restore its loadbearing capacity and stiffness.
Our result suggest that vertebroplasty is associated with pain relief in almost 100% of cases.
Proper patient selection and a good technique should minimize complications.
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