Percutaneous cement discoplasty for the treatment of advanced degenerative disk disease in elderly patients

Carlos Sola; Gaston Camino Willhuber; Gonzalo Kido; Matias Pereira Duarte; Mariana Bendersky; Maximiliano Mereles; Matias Petracchi; Marcelo Gruenberg

doi:10.1007/s00586-018-5547-7

Percutaneous cement discoplasty for the treatment of advanced degenerative disk disease in elderly patients

Eur Spine J. 2021 Aug;30(8):2200-2208. doi: 10.1007/s00586-018-5547-7. Epub 2018 Mar 23.

Authors

Carlos Sola¹, Gaston Camino Willhuber², Gonzalo Kido¹, Matias Pereira Duarte¹, Mariana Bendersky^{3

4}, Maximiliano Mereles¹, Matias Petracchi¹, Marcelo Gruenberg¹

Affiliations

¹ Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Institute of Orthopedics "Carlos E. Ottolenghi", Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Potosi, 4215, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
² Orthopaedic and Traumatology Department, Institute of Orthopedics "Carlos E. Ottolenghi", Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Potosi, 4215, Buenos Aires, Argentina. gaston.camino@hospitalitaliano.org.ar.
³ III Normal Anatomy Department, School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Paraguay 2155, 1211, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁴ Intraoperative Monitoring, Pediatric Neurology Department, Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, Potosi, 4215, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PMID: 29569159
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-018-5547-7

Abstract

Purpose: The authors describe a percutaneous technique to treat advanced degenerative disk disease in elderly patients.

Method: A step-by-step technical description based on our experience in selected cases.

Result: Postoperative imaging results are presented as well as indications and recommendations.

Conclusion: Percutaneous discoplasty can result as an alternative minimal invasive strategy for the treatment of advanced degenerative disk disease.

Keywords: Cement bone spacer; Minimally invasive technique; Percutaneous discoplasty.

MeSH terms

Aged
Bone Cements
Humans
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration* / diagnostic imaging
Intervertebral Disc Degeneration* / surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Bone Cements