ArticleEuropean radiology2018
Vertebral augmentation with the SpineJack® in chronic vertebral compression fractures with major kyphosis.
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- Outcomes and safety of vertebral augmentation with expandable intravertebral implants for osteoporotic vertebral fractures: a retrospective cohort study with subgroup analysis on type OF4 fractures.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Combined use of SpineJack and microwave ablation with CT and C-arm in the treatment of vertebral fractures in oncologic patients: a case- based technical note.Oxford medical case reports · 2025Article
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- Clinical Outcomes and Safety Comparison of Vertebroplasty, Balloon Kyphoplasty, and Vertebral Implant for Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2023Article
- Percutaneous Vertebral Reconstruction (PVR) Technique of Pathological Compression Fractures: An Innovative Combined Treatment of Microwave Ablation, Bilateral Expandable Titanium SpineJack Implants Followed by Vertebroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Sagittal correction after short percutaneous fixation for thoracolumbar compression fractures: comparison of the combination of SpineJack® kyphoplasty and fractured vertebra screw fixation.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Spinal artery syndrome following kyphoplasty in the setting of a non-compressive extradural cement extravasation: a case report.Spinal cord series and cases · 2023Article
- Re-expansion of vertebral compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma with percutaneous vertebroplasty using spinejack implants: a preliminary and retrospective study.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- Internal replacement of a vertebral body in pseudarthrosis-Armed kyphoplasty with bone graft-filled stents: Case report.Frontiers in surgery · 2023Article
- EXPANDABLE INTRAVERTEBRAL IMPLANTS IN POST-TRAUMATIC VERTEBRAL NECROSIS - NEW CLASSIFICATION SUGGESTION.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2023Review
- Advances in materials used for minimally invasive treatment of vertebral compression fractures.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Review
- "Double Cross Sign" Could Be an Indicator of an Adequate Amount of Bone Cement in Kyphoplasty with the SpineJack System: A Retrospective Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Recombinant Human Parathyroid Hormone versus Vertebral Augmentation Procedure on Patients with Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture.Orthopaedic surgery · 2022Article
- INTRAVERTEBRAL EXPANDABLE IMPLANTS IN THORACOLUMBAR VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES.Acta ortopedica brasileira · 2022Article
- Is vertebral stenting kyphoplasty a good choice in the treatment of osteoporotic vertebral fracture? A series of 47 patients (v2).Orthopedic reviews · 2022Article
- Evolution of vertebral posttraumatic necrosis to bone healing after self-stabilizing osteophytosis development-case report.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2021Article
- Percutaneous Image-Guided Vertebral Fixation in Cancer-Related Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Case Series Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Article
- Vertebral Collapse Prevented Following Teriparatide Treatment in Postmenopausal Kümmell's Disease Patients with Severe Osteoporosis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2021Article
- Safety of vertebral augmentation with cranio-caudal expansion implants in vertebral compression fractures with posterior wall protrusion.European radiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesOsteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) are an important health issue for which minimally invasive techniques are a feasible treatment. The SpineJack® (Vexim) is an intravertebral expandable system designed to improve the correction of the structural modifications caused by OVCFs. Its ability to stabilise and reduce OVCFs at the acute phase being already well established, we sought to evaluate the feasibility of vertebral augmentation with the SpineJack® in chronic kyphotic OVCFs.
methodsAll consecutive patients treated with the SpineJack® were prospectively included if they met the following criteria: (1) OVCF considered unstable (grade A3 according to Magerl's classification). (2) Local kyphotic angle ≥ 20°. (3) OVCF older than 6 weeks. (4) Back pain with visual analogue scale (VAS) ≥ 4.
resultsNineteen consecutive patients (16 women [84.2%] and 3 men [15.8%]; mean age 73.2 ± 8.2 years) were included. Treatment was performed after a mean delay of 5.8 months ± 2.9 (range 1.5-12). Median visual analogue scale significantly improved from 7 preoperatively (IQR 6-9) to 2 (IQR 1-5) at 6 months (p < 0.01). Significant kyphosis reduction (i.e. ≥ 30%) was obtained in 94.7% of cases. Secondary adjacent level fractures (SALFs) were noted in 21.1% of cases and were correlated with the importance of the kyphosis reduction.
conclusionsVertebral augmentation with the SpineJack® is feasible and seems able to correct major structural deformities in chronic OVCFs. SALFs were noted in a substantial amount of cases. Preventive adjacent vertebroplasty might be useful in patients with several risk factors for SALFs. KEY POINTS: • Vertebral augmentation with SpineJack® is effective to correct major structural deformities e.g. height loss and kyphosis. • Successful reduction is reachable with SpineJack® in chronic (older than 6 weeks) OVCFs. • Aggressive reduction of major kyphosis might promote SALFs and complementary adjacent vertebroplasties prevent their occurrence.
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