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Tag: Vertebroplasty

  • Vertebroplasty Indication and Technique

    Vertebroplasty Indication and Technique

  • Vertebral Augmentation

    Vertebral Augmentation

  • Vertebral and Sacral Augmentations Cases

    Vertebral and Sacral Augmentations Cases

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on August 14, 2018

    Dr. Sheri Albers gives a radiologic lecture on vertebral and sacral augmentation. She reviews in detail several of procedures performed on her patients for various lumbar, pelvic, and sacral fractures. These include pelvic cement injection, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty.

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  • Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation

    Percutaneous Vertebral Augmentation

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on February 2, 2018

    Dr. Kenneth Chapman gives a complete lecture on percutaneous vertebral augmentation. He discusses the prevalence of pathological fractures of the spine, and he explains how this procedure is performed to treat these atraumatic fractures, mainly for osteoporotic and metastatic disease. He also mentions the efficacy of combing targeted RF ablation of metastatic tumors with kyphoplasty.

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  • Osteoporosis

    Osteoporosis

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on July 6, 2017

    Dr. Ramsin Benyamin gives a brief talk on osteoporotic fractures and how he has focused his practice in preventing these atraumatic fractures. He explains how the consequences of such fractures can be life altering. He also discusses bone density preservation and the proper treatment for such fractures, including vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

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  • Techniques to treat cancer pain

    Techniques to treat cancer pain

    [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1517939115140{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #fbfbfb !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Published on April 4, 2017

    Dr. Plancarte explains how he has helped to pioneer two important techniques in pain management. He briefly mentions a transdiscal approach he uses to treat neuropathy of the splanchnic nerves and why this technique is a safer way to treat abdominal viscera pain. He also discusses, in detail, how he performs a femoroplasty for treating the pain and preventing the pathological fractures in the upper femur from metastatic cancer. Dr. Plancarte discusses the cement injection and the c-arm imaging used for this novel procedure.

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