Theodorou Daphne J, Theodorou Stavroula J, Duncan Timothy D, Garfin Steven R, Wong Wade H
Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of California-San Diego and Thornton Hospital, San Diego, CA, USA.
Clin Imaging. 2002 Jan-Feb;26(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/s0899-7071(01)00350-3.
Vertebral body compression fractures can cause chronic pain and may result in progressive kyphosis. Although vertebroplasty has been used to treat pain, it does not attempt to restore vertebral body height and eliminate spinal deformity. Percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty is a novel technique, which involves the introduction of inflatable bone tamps into the fractured vertebral body for elevation of the endplates, prior to fixation of the fracture with bone cement. Our initial experience with this minimally invasive procedure indicates that percutaneous balloon kyphoplasty can be efficacious in the treatment of painful, osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures.
椎体压缩性骨折可导致慢性疼痛，并可能导致进行性脊柱后凸。尽管椎体成形术已被用于治疗疼痛，但它并不试图恢复椎体高度和消除脊柱畸形。经皮球囊椎体后凸成形术是一种新技术，该技术包括在使用骨水泥固定骨折之前，将可膨胀的骨填塞物引入骨折椎体以抬高终板。我们对这种微创手术的初步经验表明，经皮球囊椎体后凸成形术在治疗疼痛性骨质疏松性椎体压缩骨折方面可能是有效的。
