On the complications of vertebroplasty and Prevention.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 On the complications of vertebroplasty and Prevention [Abstract] of vertebroplasty in the treatment of painful vertebral lesions causes and prevention of complications. [Methods] Retrospective analysis of 14 cases treated by vertebroplasty for the complications arising from cases, including 2 cases caused by puncture , caused by leakage of bone cement in 11 cases after surgery secondary to adjacent vertebral fracture in 1, the paper on the causes, treatment methods, preventive measures are summarized. [Results] All patients after 0.5 to 4.5 years, an average of 3 years follow-up, 2 patients died because of primary disease increased, and the remaining cases there is no existing legacy clinical symptoms and complications. [Conclusion] Although vertebroplasty in the implementation process can be some complications, but as long as a reasonable grasp the surgical indications, improve the technological level, to master surgical skill of these complications can be avoided. [Keywords:] complications of vertebroplasty vertebral Percutaneous vertebroplasty treatment of osteoporotic fractures, vertebral hemangiomas, vertebral metastasis and achieved satisfactory results, but still have a certain impact of potential complications. Hospital from December 2002 ~ January 2007 the treatment of painful vertebral lesions were 278 cases, 14 cases of complications, the paper analyzes the causes, propose preventive measures. 1 General Information Cases of complications in this group were 14 cases, of which 6 males, 8 females, aged 52 to 83 years, mean 69 years. Primary disease: 8 patients with osteoporotic fractures, tumors in 6 cases. Occurrence site: T12 2 cases of vertebral body, L1 vertebra in 7 cases, L2 vertebra 3, L3 vertebral body in 1 case, L4 vertebra in 1 case. complications: puncture site hematoma in 1 case, 1 case of mistaken wear vertebrae, vertebral bone cement leakage in 2 cases, 1 case of needle channel leakage, nerve root c