| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4249028 | Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear | 2009 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive procedure that has shown excellent results in the treatment of back pain due to acute-subacute vertebral fracture. The bone scintigraphy shows the increase of metabolic exchange in the fracture. The new hybrid SPECT-CT equipment combines bone SPECT images with Computed Tomography (CT), making it possible to obtain more combined, functional and anatomical information. We present 5 selected patients studied by bone SPECT-CT in whom fused images made it possible to obtain a more precise localization of the pain origin, and thus assess other possible causes of the vertebral pain or even reassess the vertebroplasty indication.
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Authors
M. Solá Suárez, R. Pérez Andrés, P. Puyalto de Pablo, P. Cuadras Collsamata, E. Calvo Bota, V. Vallejos Arroyo, M. Fraile López-Amor,