Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty

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Vertebroplasty is an imaging-guided procedure which entails percutaneous injection of surgical polymethylmethacrylate or cement into a diseased vertebra. Vertebroplasty provides pain relief and strengthening of the bone of vertebrae weakened by disease.

Indications

It can be used in the treatment of:

Contraindications

bleeding diathesis
fracture involving the posterior elements

Complications

leakage of vertebroplasty
- compression of adjacent structures
- inferior vena cava syndrome ³
~~cement~~cement extravasation
- extravasation into paravertebral veins
- cement pulmonary embolism

+</ul><h4>Contraindications</h4><ul>
+<li>bleeding diathesis</li>
+<li>fracture involving the posterior elements</li>
~~-<li>cement extravasation<ul>~~
+<li>cement extravasation<ul>

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