Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Painful Schmorl Nodes
| Autor: | Giovanni Simonetti, Vincenzo Pipitone, Andrea Romagnoli, Marco Tomassini, Salvatore Masala, Francesco Massari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Percutaneous medicine.medical_treatment Radiography Radiography Interventional Thoracic Vertebrae Injections Degenerative disc disease Percutaneous vertebroplasty Settore MED/36 - Diagnostica per Immagini e Radioterapia medicine Back pain Humans Polymethyl Methacrylate Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over Lumbar Vertebrae medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Retrospective cohort study Intervertebral disc Middle Aged medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure Back Pain Fluoroscopy Female Spinal Diseases Radiology medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. 29:97-101 |
| ISSN: | 1432-086X 0174-1551 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00270-005-0153-6 |
| Popis: | The Schmorl node represents displacement of intervertebral disc tissue into the vertebral body. Both Schmorl nodes and degenerative disc disease are common in the human spine. We performed a retrospective study, for the period from January 2003 to February 2005, evaluating 23 patients affected by painful Schmorl nodes, who underwent in our department percutaneous transpedicular injection of polymethylmethacrylate (vertebroplasty) in order to solve their back pain not responsive to medical and physical management. Eighteen patients reported improvement of the back pain and no one reported a worsening of symptoms. Improvement was swift and persistent in reducing symptoms. Painful Schmorl nodes, refractory to medical or physical therapy, should be considered as a new indication within those vertebral lesions adequately treatable utilizing Vertebroplasty procedure. |
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