Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 553-555, April 2009

A Unilateral Vertebroplasty Approach Using a Curved Injection Cannula for Directed, Site-specific Vertebral Body Filling

Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905

Received 4 April 2008; received in revised form 17 December 2008; accepted 5 January 2009. published online 26 February 2009.

The present report describes the use of a curved, coaxial infusion cannula that can be applied to facilitate targeted multifocal vertebral body cement injection during vertebroplasty from a single access site. Two representative cases are presented that illustrate the ability of targeted cement deposition and flexible site selection with this technique.

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 None of the authors have identified a conflict of interest.

PII: S1051-0443(09)00010-4

doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2009.01.008

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 553-555, April 2009

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