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The “Optimum Volume” of Acrylic Cement Filling for Treating Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Morphometric Study of Thoracolumbar Vertebrae

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Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a treatment option in vertebral compression fractures (VCF). The aim of the study was to propose the mathematical calculation of the “optimum volume” of acrylic cement filling of the vertebral body, depending on the severity of a fracture. Two hundred computed tomography (CT) scans of vertebral columns in healthy adult Caucasians were analyzed. Vertebral body width (VBW), vertebral body depth (VBD), vertebral body height (VBH), and vertebral body volume (VBV) were measured. The “optimum volume” of cement injections in mild (25% collapse) and moderate (40% collapse) VCF were calculated. We found that moving caudally from Th11 to L2, the mean values of the examined parameters increased: VBH from 22.6 to 26.0 mm, VBW from 34.0 to 39.5 mm, VBD from 28.1 to 30.9 mm, and VBV from 17.1 to 24.8 cm3. The calculated hypothetical “optimum volume” of cement injection increased from 7.4 to 10.0 cm3 in mild VCF and from 5.9 to 7.8 cm3 in moderate VCF, with some variability depending on the vertebral level and gender. These values are akin to those present in other past studies. We conclude that morphometric measurements, based on CT images, are a reliable source of practical anatomical savvy, which may be of help in spine surgery.

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This work was supported by the Medical University of Gdansk and Warsaw Medical University in Poland.

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All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study protocol was approved by the Independent Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Jarosław Dzierżanowski, Tomasz Szmuda & Paweł Słoniewski

  2. Second Department of Radiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Paweł J. Winklewski, Monika Skotarczak, Zuzanna Baczkowska-Waliszewska, Edyta Szurowska & Arkadiusz Szarmach

  3. Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Paweł J. Winklewski & Szymon Zdanowski

  4. Department of Clinical Anatomy and Physiology, Pomeranian University in Slupsk, Slupsk, Poland

    Paweł J. Winklewski

  5. Department of Immunopathology of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

    Marek Radkowski

  6. Second Clinic of Orthopaedics and Kinetic Organ Traumatology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Piotr Łuczkiewicz

  7. Department of Pathomorphology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Piotr Czapiewski

  8. Department of Pathology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

    Piotr Czapiewski

  9. Department of Laboratory Diagnostics and Clinical Immunology of Developmental Age, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

    Urszula Demkow

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Dzierżanowski, J. et al. (2019). The “Optimum Volume” of Acrylic Cement Filling for Treating Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Morphometric Study of Thoracolumbar Vertebrae. In: Pokorski, M. (eds) Advancements and Innovations in Health Sciences. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 1211. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2019_417

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