Percutaneous vertebroplasty: new treatment for XXXX .

@entity1 @entity3604 @entity174 @entity2695 @entity3814 @entity1003 @entity281 @entity158
Interventional radiologists have been performing image-guided spinal procedures for many years. Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a newer technique in which a medical grade cement is injected though a needle into a @entity158 . This stabilizes the @entity174 , allowing most @entity1 to discontinue or significantly decrease analgesics and resume normal activity. The impact of this procedure on the morbidity and expense associated with symptomatic @entity3814 in the United States may be significant. @entity1 who are unresponsive to conservative therapy of bed rest, analgesics, and back bracing should be considered for vertebroplasty. This procedure is contraindicated in @entity1 with @entity281 , @entity1003 , and certain types of @entity174 morphology. Because many @entity1 have multiple chronic @entity174 , there should be a strong correlation between the physical examination signs, symptoms, and cross-sectional imaging findings. The success rate for this procedure in treating @entity3604 is 73 to 90 percent. Vertebroplasty can effectively treat aggressive @entity2695 of the vertebral body and may be palliative in @entity1 with @entity174 . Significant complications of the procedure are less than 1 percent.
