TY - JOUR
T1 - Vertebral Augmentation with a Flexible Curved Needle
T2 - Preliminary Results in 17 Consecutive Patients
AU - Brook, Allan L.
AU - Miller, Todd S.
AU - Fast, Avital
AU - Nolan, Timothy
AU - Farinhas, Joaquim M.
AU - Shifteh, Keivan
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - This report details a trial demonstrating the viability of a blunt-tipped curved needle for use as a cement injection device for vertebral body augmentation. Between January and September 2007, 17 consecutive patients (eight men and nine women; average age, 76 years; age range, 52-97 years) underwent vertebral body augmentation with a blunt-tipped curved nitinol injection needle via a single pedicle to treat pain due to acute vertebral body compression fractures. All patients were successfully treated without complication. The results of the trial demonstrate that a curved blunt-tipped nitinol needle is a viable alternative to a rigid injection cannula when performing vertebral body augmentation with cement.
AB - This report details a trial demonstrating the viability of a blunt-tipped curved needle for use as a cement injection device for vertebral body augmentation. Between January and September 2007, 17 consecutive patients (eight men and nine women; average age, 76 years; age range, 52-97 years) underwent vertebral body augmentation with a blunt-tipped curved nitinol injection needle via a single pedicle to treat pain due to acute vertebral body compression fractures. All patients were successfully treated without complication. The results of the trial demonstrate that a curved blunt-tipped nitinol needle is a viable alternative to a rigid injection cannula when performing vertebral body augmentation with cement.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.008
DO - 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.09.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 18951044
AN - SCOPUS:56349111900
SN - 1051-0443
VL - 19
SP - 1785
EP - 1789
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
IS - 12
ER -