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A new, easy, fast, and safe method for CT-guided sacroplasty

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Sacral insufficiency fractures constitute clinical challenges because no effective surgical techniques can be applied and only a conservative treatment is currently performed. Sacroplasty is increasingly used to treat sacral insufficiency fractures. A computed tomography (CT)-guided technique concerning the placement of the sacroplasty needles within the sacral wings by using a laser alignment light guidance associated with a CT gantry tilt in a plane parallel to the sacral bone is presented. This method allowed a fast and precise placement of the needle in and along the sacral wings, thus preventing the use of multiple needles to reach the fracture sites.

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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Keith Brooks, PhD, for his help in editing the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Stefano Binaghi, Daniel Guntern, Pierre Schnyder & Nicolas Theumann

  2. Service de Radiodiagnostic et radiologie interventionnelle, Unité de Neuroradiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Rue du Bugnon, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Stefano Binaghi

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Binaghi, S., Guntern, D., Schnyder, P. et al. A new, easy, fast, and safe method for CT-guided sacroplasty. Eur Radiol 16, 2875–2878 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-006-0467-z

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