Percutaneous pedicle screw placement into a spinal segment previously treated with vertebroplasty: technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Ahead of Print.
Vertebral augmentation with cement has become a common procedure for the treatment of compression fractures, leading to a growing population who have had this procedure and are now in need of another spinal surgery. This technical note reports an undescribed method for placing pedicle screws through a previously cemented level.

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