Percutaneous vertebroplasty: a developing standard of care for vertebral compression fractures.
John M. Mathis(Lewis Gale Medical Center), John D. Barr, Stephen M. Belkoff(Johns Hopkins University), Michelle S. Barr(Johns Hopkins University), Mary E. Jensen(Johns Hopkins University), H. Deramond(Johns Hopkins University)
PubMed
February 1, 2001
Cited by 470Open Access
Abstract
Acrylic cements have been used for the augmentation of weakened or partially destroyed bones for decades [(1)][1]. The term vertebroplasty originally described an open surgical procedure that introduces bone graft or acrylic cement to mechanically augment weakened vertebral bodies.
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