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Fig. 5 | BMC Surgery

Fig. 5

From: Percutaneous vertebroplasty versus kyphoplasty for the treatment of neurologically intact osteoporotic Kümmell’s disease

Fig. 5

A 69-year-old male patient with Kümmell’s disease at T12 in PKP group: a Anteroposterior X-ray film before operation; b Lateral X-ray film before operation; c Intravertebral vacuum sign shown in sagittal CT image before operation; d A low signal intensity in the location of the cleft shown in sagittal T1-weighted MRI image before operation; e, f A well-defined low signal intensity in the location of the cleft shown in sagittal T2-weighted and short tau inversion recovery(STIR) MRI image before operation; g The height of the injured vertebral body was partly recovered after position reduction; h The balloons were inserted and placed inside the anterior 3/4 of the vertebral body from a lateral view, creating a cavity for the injected cement; i, j The bone cement filled the cleft without leakage in X-ray immediately after operation; k Anteroposterior X-ray film after operation; l Lateral X-ray film after operation

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