Correlation Between Preprocedural MRI Findings and Clinical Outcomes in the Treatment of Chronic Symptomatic Vertebral Compression Fractures with Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
Daniel B. Brown,
Craig B. Glaiberman,
Louis A. Gilula and
Joshua S. Shimony
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical
Center, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd., Box 8131, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Fig. 1A.73-year-old woman with 18-month-old fracture of T8 vertebra.
Signal intensity is unremarkable on either T1-weighted (TR/TE, 450/15)
(A) or T2-weighted (2,000/90) (B) image.
Fig. 1B.73-year-old woman with 18-month-old fracture of T8 vertebra.
Signal intensity is unremarkable on either T1-weighted (TR/TE, 450/15)
(A) or T2-weighted (2,000/90) (B) image.
Fig. 1C.73-year-old woman with 18-month-old fracture of T8 vertebra.
Frontal (C) and lateral (D) images at completion of
vertebroplasty show good filling with cement. Patient's pain was completely
relieved by procedure.
Fig. 1D.73-year-old woman with 18-month-old fracture of T8 vertebra.
Frontal (C) and lateral (D) images at completion of
vertebroplasty show good filling with cement. Patient's pain was completely
relieved by procedure.