Image Guided Interventions of the Spine

Majid KhanThomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA, USA Sergiy KushchayevMoffitt Cancer CenterTampa, FL, USA Scott FaroThomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PA, USA

• History of percutaneous vertebroplasty.- Percutaneous vertebroplasty – the state of art.- Surgical anatomy and percutaneous approaches.- Spinal biomechanics.- Instruments and equipment.- Vertebroplasty-based techniques.- Spinal radiology and functional imaging.- Perioperative period.- Percutaneous vertebroplasty for aggressive vertebral hemangiomas.- Percutaneous vertebroplasty for benign vertebral pathology: osteoporotic vertebral fractures and posttraumatic vertebral osteonecrosis (Kummel disease).- Percutaneous vertebroplasty for malignant lesions: metastases and multiple myeloma.- Complications of percutaneous vertebroplasty.- Radiation exposure and protection.