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Vertebral Augmentation by Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Introductory concerns
1. Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty
Introductory Concerns
Mohamed Mohi Eldin,
Professor of Neurosurgery,
Faculty of Medicine,
Cairo University
One-Day Spine Clinic 4th workshop & hands-on,
27-28 December 2017
2. History
Acrylic cements have been used for bone
augmentation for over 5 decades
Stabilization of large tumor defects after (Vidal, 1969)
Hip replacement (Chamley, 1970)
First reported case of percutaneous
vertebroplasty in Amiens, France
Galibert and Deramond, 1984
50 year-old female with neck pain due to a cervical (C2)
hemangioma
3. Vertebral Augmentation
Cementoplasty
(X-ray guided spine augmentation)
• Vertebroplasty (1984): Injection of material (usually PMMA
cement) into vertebral body
• Kyphoplasty (1998): Injection after manipulation involving
cavity creation
• Spinoplasty
• Pediculoplasty
• Sacroplasty
• Cannulated, Fenestrated, Augmented Screws
Indicated for painful compression fractures
osteoporosis
cancer
4. PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF VERTEBROPLASTY. American College of
Radiology. 2009.
Who are Qualified Personnel ?
1. Experience
1. 6 months of training involving cross-sectional imaging
2. 4 months of training involving interventional procedures
3. or equivalent experience
2. Performance of successful vertebroplasties in at least 5
patients as the primary operator, under the supervision of a
qualified consultant, and without complications
3. Relevant knowledge and skill of spine, radiation, etc.
6. Vertebroplasty
(V-plasty)
• A minimally invasive procedure done primarily
to relieve pain caused by fracture of the spinal
vertebrae (vertebral body).
• Injected bone cement (PMMA) into the
affected vertebra stabilizes the bone and
relieve pain.
• Most effective for fractures that are less than
six month old.
9. Vertebroplasty
Indications
Even without obvious loss of
vertebral body height
• Symptomatic vertebral body
microfracture as documented by
– magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]
– nuclear imaging, and/or
• Lytic lesion (seen on CT)
PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF VERTEBROPLASTY. American College of
Radiology. 2009.
14. Osteoporotic Compression Fractures
Conservative Therapy
• NSAIDS
• Opioids
• Muscle relaxants
• Bed rest
• Orthotic bracing
VCF healing should occur in 6-12 weeks
Refractory in 15-20% of patients
15. Osteoporotic Compression Fractures
Traditional Management
Side effects can be significant
• Analgesics
– Temporary
– Side effects
• Bed rest
– Deep venous thrombosis
– Pneumonia
• Immobilization
– Variable success
– further demineralization
• Surgery
– Challenging
– For neuro compromise
19. Relative Contraindications
• Radiculopathy (unrelated)
• Retropulsion of a fragment
(severe canal compromise)
• Tumor extension into canal
• Systemic infection
• Improvement on medical
therapy.
• NO Prophylaxis in
osteoporosis
• Myelopathy at fracture level
20. Vertebroplasty
Objectives
• To provide relief from a
painful vertebra
• To provide stability
• To prevent further
vertebral collapse that
would
– Lead to further loss of
height
– Result in kyphosis
– Be associated with
fractures at adjacent levels
21. What about
Early Intervention ??
May Reduce
• Duration of
– acute pain
– Medication use
– immobilization
• Occurrence of chronic back pain
• Further collapse of the treated vertebra
– Height loss
– Kyphosis
– Incidence of pulmonary embolism and pneumonia
22. Vertebroplasty
Patient Selection Criteria
– Painful fracture (Increased on loading)
– Not responding after 4 weeks of treatment
– Acute or subacute compression fracture(s) on
plain radiographs or MRI (altered signal in body)
– Pain corresponding to level of the fracture (Local
tenderness over spinous process)
23. Vertebroplasty
Patient Good Selection
• Patients who tend to respond the best
– 1 to 3 levels of fractures.
– Focal pain and tenderness corresponding to the
level of edema by MRI
– Fracture present < 2 months
– Recent worsening of fracture
– No sclerosis of fractured vertebra
24. Vertebroplasty
Patient Bad Selection
• Patients who are less likely to respond
– Fracture present for >1 year
– Other causes for back pain
• Disc herniation,
• spinal stenosis,
• facet or sacroiliac joint disease
– Radicular pain related to disc herniation
25. Benefits of Vertebroplasty
• Pain relief
– Quick
– Complete: osteoporosis > neoplasia
• Improved mobility
– Patient able to stand and walk within first 24
hours
Success Rates Threshold for Review
Neoplastic 70% to 92% <60%
Osteoporosis 80% to 95% <70%
PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF VERTEBROPLASTY. American College of Radiology. 2009.
26. Efficacy of Vertebroplasty
• Osteoporotic compression fracture
– 75-90% dramatic or complete relief of pain
within several to 72 hours
• Neoplastic compression fracture
– 59-86% marked reduction in narcotic
requirements or complete pain relief
Low complication rate
Very high success rate
27. Why Vertebroplasty Alleviate Pain?
• Stabilizes fracture
– microfractures
– macrofractures
• Allows healing to occur
• Destruction of sensitive nerve
endings (mechanical, chemical
and thermal forces)
• Prevents further collapse
• Tumors??
– Thermal effect
– Toxic effect
– Mass effect
28. Vertebroplasty
is a palliative procedure
does not correct the underlying cause
of vertebral fracture
So,
Medical management of osteoporosis or
malignancy must be initiated and continued
31. Pre-Procedure Imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging
T1, T2, STIR sequences.. Why ?!
– Assess for vertebral body marrow edema
– Exclude stenosis due to disc and/or facet disease
Computed tomography
– If MRI contraindicated
– Assesses cortical integrity of posterior vertebral
body and pedicles
32. Think twice!
• Fractures above T6
• Less than 55 yrs
without history of
trauma
• Patients with known
malignancy
33. Age of fracture
• Best indicator of age is
the history
• Plain films
• MRI
– Low signal T1
– High signal T2
– High signal STIR
34. Bone Scan
• Not as commonly used
as MRI
• Been show to have a
93% predictive value in
vertebroplasty!
• May be abnormal when
MRI is normal
• Maynard et al. Value of bone scan imaging
in predicting pain relief in vertebroplasty.
AJNR 2000;21:1807-12.
35. Pre-Procedure Consultation
• Examination under fluoroscopy
– Concordance between painful sites and levels of
vertebral body compression
– Occasionally needed
• Informed consent
36. Pre-Procedure Care
• NPO after midnight
• Antibiotics
– Optional.
– Recommended for immune compromised patients.
– Systemic.
– Local: Added to cement.
• Patient Positioning and Draping
– Patient prone.
– Strict sterile technique.
44. Spinoplasty
APPLYING VERTEBROPLASTY TO POSTERIOR ARCH
(posterior arch & spinous processes/laminae complex)
Needle placement in the spinous processes. Fluoroscopic ventral
limit to avoid central canal violation is the posterior margin of the
inferior articular process
49. Pediculoplasty
Similar to vertebroplasty but with increased procedural risks because of the
immediate vicinity of neural structures,
performed under high-quality biplane fluoroscopic guidance
51. Sacroplasty Indications
• Sacral fracture
– Insufficiency
fracture
– Pathologic fracture
– Post-traumatic
fracture
• Painful sacral
neoplasm/mass
severe osteoporosis and bilateral comminuted
fractures of the sacral alae
52. Sacral insufficiency fractures
Occur when the quality of the sacral bone has become
insufficient to handle the stress of weight bearing (weak
bone) usually because of osteoporosis
Occur most often in older women.
characteristic H-shaped sacral
insufficiency fracture
bilateral ill-defined sacral lucencies
(sacral ala fractures)
57. Kyphoplasty
• Minimally-invasive
• Percutaneous
• Can restore lost vertebral
height
• Immediate pain reduction
• Fewer complications
compared to vertebroplasty
• By 2005, performed on
170,000 patients
58. How does it work?
• Structural support – but no good correlation
with amount of cement injected
• Thermal properties
• Decompression
• Placebo effect
59. How is it done?
Preoperative on-table reduction
61. How is it done?
• Usually under general anaesthetic
• in prone position
• 3-4 cm bilateral incision
• via the pedicles using
– trocar,
– guidewire,
– cannula,
– bone tamp,
– cement
• Maximum of 3 vertebral bodies
64. Indications for
vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty
• Only needed in a small
subset of patients
• High signal on STIR.
• Pain on percussion
• Increased activity on
bone scan
• T5 and below-
kyphoplasty
• Timing?
66. Timing
• The best evidence is that the best results are
achieved within 6 weeks of onset!
• 50% + get better within 6 weeks
conservatively treated.
• Philosophical when to treat.
• Most fractures treated > 3 months old.
67. Timing
Older fractures
• No randomised control trials for efficacy of
treatment of old fractures.
• There are trials suggesting similar success
rates to acute fractures of 80% success in
fractures a year or older.
• Brown et al. Treatment of Chronic symptomatic vertebral compression
fractures with percutaneous vertebroplasty . AJN 2004;182:319-312.
70. Balloon Kyphoplasty Case Study
Patient: 76 YO Female
Diagnosis: Metastatic Lung Cancer
Fracture Reduced: T8, 8 weeks old
Courtesy of Henry Small, M.D., Houston, TX
71. Conclusions
• Kyphoplasty is a safe and effective treatment
for back pain due to osteoporotic VCFs.
• Providers should include kyphoplasty in the
discussion of options for the VCF patient
• Reimbursement available by Medicare and
private insurance companies
72. Vertebroplasty v Kyphoplasty
My best protocol
• Fractures less than 6
weeks old who need to be
hospitilised.
• Failure of conservative
treatment after 3 months
• Vertebroplasty for all
except where middle
column is involved –
Kyphoplasty,
• Bone scan +ve
74. Vertebroplasty v Kyphoplasty
Vertebroplasty
• Cheaper
• Quicker
Kyphoplasty
• Expensive
• Takes longer
• Restoration of vertebral
height?
• Less adjacent fractures
• Less cement leakage
• Quality of life
75. Vertebroplasty v Kyphoplasty
A review of 168 studies
Vertebroplasty
• Mean change in VAS 5.68
• New fracture 17.9%
• Cement leak 19.7%
Kyphoplasty
• Mean change in VAS 4.60
p<0.001
• New fracture 14.1%
p<0.01
• Cement leak 7.0%
p<0.001
• Comparison of vertebroplasty and
kyphoplasty in vertebral compression
fractures: a meta-analysis of the
literature. Spine J 2008;8:488-97.
76. Meta-Analysis of Complications
Total Procedure-
Related
Complications
Cement-Related
Complications
Access-Related
Complications
Non-Device-
Related
Complications
Balloon Kyphoplasty
N = 1947 patients
14
(0.7%)
3
(0.2%)
4
(0.2%)
7
(0.4%)
Vertebroplasty
N = 6808 patients
199
(2.9%)
132
(1.9%)
28
(0.4%)
39
(0.6%)
p-value 0.0002* <0.0001* 0.3791 0.8781
*Balloon kyphoplasty has statistically significant lower complication
rates compared to vertebroplasty
Data on file, Medtronic Spine LLC.
77. Taylor Study*
Cement Leakage Results
p < 0.0001
BK: 90/1111 = 8%
VP: 614/1551 = 40%
(p-value not reported)
BK: 0/1094 = 0%
VP: 8/275 = 3%
Taylor, Taylor, Fritzell. Spine. 2006;31:2747–2755 – See Table 6.
*Includes fracture of all etiologies. BK = balloon kyphoplasty. VP = vertebroplasty.
79. Problems
Fracture acuity
Bone marrow oedema indicates
an acute fracture
but a detectable fracture line sufficed for
inclusion.
Sometimes in MRI or Bone scan
fracture age was uncertain.
80. Developments
• Calcium phosphate in young patients with traumatic
fractures
• Prophylaxis
• Adding chemotherapy agents or radioactive isotopes
to the cement in tumour