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Direct transoral approach to C2 for percutaneous vertebroplasty
Jean-Baptiste Martin1, Philippe Gailloud, Pierre-Yves Dietrich
1Department of Radiology, Geneva University Hospital, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Jean-Baptiste.Martin@dim.hcuge.ch
Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
|October 3, 2002
Abstract:
Percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed via a transoral route in a 70-year-old woman with a C2 metastasis of thyroid origin involving anterior vertebral elements. Complete pain relief was obtained after an uncomplicated minimally invasive procedure. This preliminary experience demonstrates that a transoral approach under fluoroscopic control can provide safe access to the upper cervical spine at C2 level.