The percutaneous vertebroplasty / osteoplasty is an effective new interventional-radiological therapy for augmentation of benign and malignant bone lesions with bone-cement (polymethylacrylate, PMMA) under the guidance of computer tomography and floroscopy. Through this method, which is already being performed successfully in France and the USA, it is possible to stabilize the diseased vertebra and thus achieve a significant reduction in pain.
The application of bone-cement has established itself as an endoprosthetic. Long-term studies have shown that with stable placement of bone-cement the normal bone substance remains vital for a long time. Filling of vertebral bodies with bone-cement as therapeutic method in oncological surgery and as percutaneous interventional method have been reported [Weill 1996, Jensen 1997]. A significant stabilization of vertebral bodies with malignant or benign lesions with interventional vertebroplasty has been proven [Gangi 1995, Deramond 1996, 1998, Cotton 1996, 1998, Cortet 1996, Martin 1999].

 

Document Date: 2006/05/08   Author: unknown

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