C-arm cone-beam CT: applications for spinal cement augmentation demonstrated by three cases

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Jul;19(7):1118-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.04.001. Epub 2008 May 27.

Abstract

Spinal canal narrowing as a result of retropulsion of spinal structures before or during cement augmentation has been considered a contraindication to therapy. The authors describe three cases of compression fractures safely treated with cement augmentation with the novel application of C-arm cone-beam computed tomography (CT). All cases involved small amounts of posterior cement extrusion, after which osteotomy needles were left in place during C-arm cone-beam CT. Rapidly reformatted images were viewed with the use of bone windows, yielding three-dimensional visualization of pertinent anatomy to confirm endpoints of posterior extrusion and adequate bone filling.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Back Pain / diagnostic imaging
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Back Pain / surgery
  • Bone Cements / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Fractures, Compression / complications
  • Fractures, Compression / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fractures, Compression / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Middle Aged
  • Pain Measurement
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiography, Interventional*
  • Spinal Fractures / complications
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Fractures / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vertebroplasty*

Substances

  • Bone Cements