Trial reportDer Orthopade2015
Experiences with PMMA cement as a stand-alone intervertebral spacer: Percutaneous cement discoplasty in the case of vacuum phenomenon within lumbar intervertebral discs.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy and safety of percutaneous cement discoplasty in the management of degenerative spinal diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The neuroradiology journal · 2024Pooled it
- Clinical application of percutaneous vertebral-intervertebral plasty in very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: A new technique.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Intra-discal vacuum phenomenon with advanced lumbar spine disc degeneration: complementary findings from both MRI and CT.BMC medical imaging · 2025Observational
- Efficacy of percutaneous cement discoplasty combined with PVP for the treatment of stage III Kümmell disease with an adjacent disc vacuum sign.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Percutaneous endoscopic treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture complicated with lumbar spinal stenosis: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Biomechanical evaluation of percutaneous cement discoplasty combined with percutaneous vertebroplasty: a finite element analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Motion attenuation surgery in the degenerative lumbar spine: Is cement discoplasty a safe and effective option?Brain & spine · 2025Article
- Finite element analysis of biomechanical effects of percutaneous cement discoplasty in scoliosis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Assessment of Cement Leakage in Decompressed Percutaneous Kyphoplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Assessment of foraminal decompression following discoplasty using a combination of ex vivo testing and numerical tools.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties of a linoleic acid-modified, low-modulus bone cement for spinal applications.Open research Europe · 2023Article
- When spinal instrumentation revision is not an option: Salvage vertebral augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate for mechanical complications: A systematic review.Brain & spine · 2023Review
- Biomechanical Evaluation of Spinal Column after Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty: A Finite Element Analysis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
- Low-Modulus PMMA Has the Potential to Reduce Stresses on Endplates after Cement Discoplasty.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2022Article
- Biomechanical effects of cement discoplasty on the lumbar spinal unit.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- Biomechanical consequences of cement discoplasty: AnFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Percutaneous vertebral-disc plasty for thoracolumbar very severe osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: A randomized controlled study.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Article
- AnFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Critical Review of the State-of-the-Art on Lumbar Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty.Frontiers in surgery · 2022Review
- Percutaneous cement discoplasty for the treatment of advanced degenerative disk disease in elderly patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe treatment of symptomatic degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine in elderly patients by standard surgical methods is often limited due to severe comorbidities (e.g., cardiopulmonary disease, hypertonia, diabetes). Minimally invasive procedures are more acceptable in this population, since they reduce surgical morbidity and the risk of complications. The percutaneous cement discoplasty (PCD) technique was introduced by the authors to treat dynamic (and angular) instability of the symptomatic lumbar segment by injecting bone cement (polymethylmethacrylate, PMMA) into the disc spaces showing vacuum phenomena via a posterolaterally positioned Jamshidi needle. The aim of this article is to describe the indication, method, and clinical results of PCD.
methodA total of 81 patients were treated with PCD in a tertiary care referral center over a 6-year period. The current study includes the first group of 47 consecutive patients to complete a pre- and postoperative questionnaire booklet regarding leg and back pain using the visual analog scale (VAS) and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) questionnaire.
resultsA total of 130 discs in these 47 patients were treated with PCD. The majority of patients reported a reduction in their lower back and leg pain (69% and 66%, respectively; p < 0.02) postoperatively. At 6-month follow-up, 61% of patients had a minimum 10-point reduction in their ODI scores (p < 0.01).
conclusionElderly patients with symptomatic dynamic foraminal stenosis and vacuum phenomenon in the intervertebral disc are suitable candidates for PCD, particularly if they represent high-risk patients for open surgery.
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