Percutaneous vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and lordoplasty: implications for the anesthesiologist

Luginbühl, Martin (2008). Percutaneous vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and lordoplasty: implications for the anesthesiologist. Current opinion in anaesthesiology, 21(4), pp. 504-13. Hagerstown, Md.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1097/ACO.0b013e328303be62

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and lordoplasty are minimally invasive procedures mainly performed for refractory pain due to osteoporotic vertebral body fractures. This review summarizes recent findings on outcome, complications and their impact on anesthetic management. RECENT FINDINGS: Despite an increasing number of publications on surgical technique, therapeutic efficacy and side effects of these interventions, anesthetic management per se is hardly investigated. All three treatments provide similar pain relief. Adverse effects include local cement leakage and new fractures adjacent to augmented vertebrae. Asymptomatic pulmonary cement embolism occurs in 4.6-6.8% of patients depending on cement viscosity, injection pressure and number of injected vertebrae. Potentially life-threatening embolism of cement or fat may occur. Kyphoplasty and lordoplasty aim at correcting vertebral deformity and are equally effective; lordoplasty is substantially less expensive, however. The incidence of systemic cement or fat embolism is similar to that in vertebroplasty. Whereas vertebroplasty is mostly performed under local anesthesia and sedation, general anesthesia is required for kyphoplasty and lordoplasty. The anesthetic regimen follows the principles of anesthesia in the elderly population. SUMMARY: Vertebroplasty, kyphoplasty and lordoplasty are effective minimally invasive treatments for stable vertebral compression fractures without compression of the spinal canal. The anesthesiologist must be prepared to manage systemic cement or fat embolism.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Intensive Care, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology (DINA) > Clinic and Policlinic for Anaesthesiology and Pain Therapy

UniBE Contributor:

Luginbühl, Martin

ISSN:

0952-7907

ISBN:

18660662

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Jeannie Wurz

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 15:01

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:19

Publisher DOI:

10.1097/ACO.0b013e328303be62

PubMed ID:

18660662

Web of Science ID:

000262715800017

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.26680

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/26680 (FactScience: 81149)

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