Neuroimaging clinics of North America
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Neuroimaging Clin. N. Am. · Nov 2019
ReviewPercutaneous Vertebroplasty: A History of Procedure, Technology, Culture, Specialty, and Economics.
Percutaneous vertebroplasty (VP) progressed from a virtually unknown procedure to one performed on hundreds of thousands of patients annually. The development of VP provides a historically exciting case study into a rapidly adopted procedure. ⋯ It was designed as a revolutionary technique to treat vertebral body fractures with minimal side effects and was rapidly adopted and marketed in the United States. The impact of percutaneous vertebroplasty on spine surgery was profound.
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Neuroimaging Clin. N. Am. · Nov 2019
ReviewIntroduction to Diagnostic and Therapeutic Spinal Angiography.
This article describes the basic principles of diagnostic and therapeutic spinal angiography as practiced by the author, including catheterization and radioprotection techniques, the selection of endovascular devices and embolization agents, and procedural complications.
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This article reviews image-guided approaches for the treatment of common spine pain generators. The following treatment targets are discussed: epidural space (interlaminar and transforaminal approaches), facet joint, sacroiliac joint, and synovial cysts.