Anatomical and pathological considerations in percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: A reappraisal of the vertebral venous system

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1465-1471

  Groen, Rob J M ^a,d   Du Toit, Don F ^b   Phillips, Frank M ^c   Hoogland, Piet V J M ^b,d   Kuizenga, Karel ^a   Coppes, Maarten H ^a   Muller, Christo J F ^b   Grobbelaar, Marie ^b   Mattyssen, Johannes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone cement; Complications; Embolism; Kyphoplasty; Vertebral venous system; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE BLOOD FLOW; BONE STRENGTH; FRACTURE TREATMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS KYPHOPLASTY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SPINAL PAIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORAX PRESSURE; VENOUS PRESSURE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL VENOUS SYSTEM;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE CEMENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRANIAL SINUSES; EMBOLISM; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KYPHOSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PRONE POSITION; RISK; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE; VEINS; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 3042856765     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000128758.64381.75     Document Type: Article

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