[Percutaneous vertebroplasty]

Percutaneous vertebroplasty consists in the injection of acrylic cement under fluoroscopic control into a vertebral body presenting with destabilizing and painful lesion such as vertebral haemangioma, osteoporotic vertebral crush syndrome and malignant tumors. Owing to the strong analgesic effect following the vertebral stabilization, this method represents the procedure of choice for the treatment of this kind of lesions.