Patient-Reported Outcomes and Return to Work after CT-Guided Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy: A Prospective Study.

Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of percutaneous lumbar discectomy (PLD) under computed tomography (CT) guidance on pain and functional capacities and to estimate the speed of recovery by assessing the time to return to work.

Materials And Methods: Patients treated with PLD were prospectively included between December 2019 and April 2021. Data regarding pain, duration of symptoms, analgesia intakes, time of absence from work, and the Oswestry disability index (ODI) were collected.

CT-Guided Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Vertebral Non-union Following Posterior Fixation: A Preliminary Retrospective Study.

Purpose: Traumatic thoracolumbar vertebral fractures are frequently treated with posterior fixation (PF) and vertebral augmentation. Sometimes, it is deemed too risky to offer vertebral augmentation under fluoroscopic guidance alone. Adjuvant CT/fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) could be offered in certain scenarios.

CT angiography and MRI of hand vascular lesions: technical considerations and spectrum of imaging findings.

Vascular lesions of the hand are common and are distinct from vascular lesions elsewhere because of the terminal vascular network in this region, the frequent hand exposure to trauma and microtrauma, and the superficial location of the lesions. Vascular lesions in the hand may be secondary to local pathology, a proximal source of emboli, or systemic diseases with vascular compromise. In most cases, ischaemic conditions are investigated with Doppler ultrasonography.

First intention vertebroplasty in fractures within an ankylosed thoracolumbar spinal segment.

Purpose: To evaluate the outcome of percutaneous vertebral cementoplasty (PVC) as the first-line treatment for traumatic thoracolumbar fractures within an ankylosed spinal segment.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-one patients (15 men, 16 women; mean age: 79.2±11 [SD] years; age range: 66-95 years) with thoracolumbar fractures within an ankylosed spine segment without neurological impairment treated with PVC were retrospectively evaluated.