1) understand the indications and contraindications for cement augmentation, namely; vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and stentoplasty (vertebral body stenting)
2) understand current techniques and advances in the area of cement augmentation
By the end of the exhibit, the reader will be familiar with the following:
Pre-procedural assessment for cement augmentation (case selection):
1) Imaging assessment: Conventional radiography AND MRI
2) Morphological assessment for suitability:
i) AO classification of vertebral fractures
ii) Tomita classification of vertebral involvement in metastatic disease
3) Clinical assessment: Visual analog scale, Oswestry Disability Index, response to conventional treatment
Conventional technique and complications of cement augmentation techniques:
1) Principles fluoroscopic planes and needle trajectory
2) Tools and differences of the various techniques
3) Princples of cement filling and complications
Advances and future directions in cement augmentation
1) Advances in techniques: Unipedicular approaches
2) Advances in imaging: Cone beam CT
3) Use of non-cement fillers: e.g. allogenic bone graft
Pua, U,
Percutaneous Spinal Cement Augmentation: Status Quo and Future Directions. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14000424.html
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