Keywords:
Anatomy, Interventional non-vascular, Musculoskeletal system, Fluoroscopy, Percutaneous, Conventional radiography, Vertebroplasty, Treatment effects, Safety, Motility
Authors:
R. Marcello, A. Di Blasi, G. Assegnati, S. Vitale, F. Cortese; Rome/IT
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2018/C-1579
Aims and objectives
Vertebral compression fractures (VCF) resulting from trauma,
osteoporosis and cancer are common and cause of pain with the need of analgesics consumption.
QoL is at high risk and morbidity and mortality rates increasing following a compression fracture (CF).
Spine Jack (SJ) is a new device for percutaneous treatment of vertebral fractures and for spine alignment.
Key features of SJ are the controlled cranio-caudal expansion,
the height restoration maintenance and the preservation of the trabecular structure.
The goals of treating a VCF is the pain relief,
the prevention of a relevant deformity and the anatomical restoration of the vertebral body.
Treatment indications are as follows: acute painful vertebral fracture in osteoporosis, traumatic vertebral fractures type A.1.1,
A1.2 and A3.1 (Magerl Classification), malignant and benign tumors of the vertebral body (Myeloma,
Hemangioma) and vertebral metastases.
lPolymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement injection in this procedure is optional.
Effectiveness and raliability of SJ in back pain relief and QoL at three months were considered in the study