High-viscosity cement significantly enhances uniformity of cement filling in vertebroplasty: An experimental model and study on cement leakage

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 2562-2568

  Baroud, Gamal ^a   Crookshank, Meghan ^a   Bohner, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Dr Robert Mathys Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cement extravasation; Cement viscosity; Extraosseous leakage; Filling pattern; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE CEMENTS; CEMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; POROSITY; SPINAL FUSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33750373862     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000240695.58651.62     Document Type: Article

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