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Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Sacroplasty

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Vertebral augmentation, which includes vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, is an effective therapy for those suffering from pathological vertebral body compression fractures. Several variant techniques have been described, but all essentially involve an image-guided injection of PMMA into the compressed vertebrae. Performed in a minimally invasive manner, vertebral augmentation can provide rapid pain relief with very little recovery. The burden of bony metastatic disease to the spine is significant in many forms of cancer. Risks of vertebral augmentation include nerve damage, bleeding, infection, and cement extravasation. Recent advances with kyphoplasty and cavity creation prior to PMMA injection have led to an increased safety profile when compared to standard vertebroplasty.

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  1. University of Kansas Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA

    Dawood Sayed

  2. Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, USA

    Shervin Razavian

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Amitabh Gulati

  2. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Vinay Puttanniah

  3. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Brian M. Bruel

  4. Midwest Neuroscience Institute, Center for the Relief of Pain, Kansas City, MO, USA

    William S. Rosenberg

  5. Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Joseph C. Hung

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Sayed, D., Razavian, S. (2019). Vertebroplasty, Kyphoplasty, and Sacroplasty. In: Gulati, A., Puttanniah, V., Bruel, B., Rosenberg, W., Hung, J. (eds) Essentials of Interventional Cancer Pain Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99684-4_20

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