Extending the arm of augmentation beyond the neuroaxis

A Brook - Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 2012 - jnis.bmj.com
This issue features an article on percutaneous acetabuloplasty. 1 The authors of this
manuscript are an experienced group of neurointerventionalists who have done extensive …

Spine 2.0 JNIS style

JA Hirsch, RV Chandra, A Cianfoni… - Journal of …, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
The AJNR published a game changing manuscript in 1997. A group composed mostly of
neurointerventionalists described the use of polymethylmethacrylate in painful osteoporotic …

The evidentiary basis of vertebral augmentation: a 2019 update

R De Leacy, RV Chandra, JD Barr, A Brook… - Journal of …, 2020 - jnis.bmj.com
No aspect of neurointerventional practice has been associated with as longstanding
contention and debate as to its effectiveness as has vertebroplasty (VP). Four blinded …

Response to: the 'armed concrete'approach: stent-screw-assisted internal fixation (SAIF) reconstructs and internally fixates the most severe osteoporotic vertebral …

DP Beall - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 2021 - jnis.bmj.com
Screw assisted internal fixation (SAIF) represents a definite advancement in the treatment of
vertebral compression fractures (VCFs), especially in fractures with a greater degree of …

The Italian Renaissance–spacer style

J Huang, J Shin, S Marcia, AL Brook - Journal of neurointerventional …, 2020 - jnis.bmj.com
This volume of JNIS features Manfre et al 1 describing a single center series looking at the
use of percutaneous interspinous devices (PID) over a 9-year period. In addition to the …

Armed kyphoplasty-the future?

AD Brook, O Clerk-Lamalice, RA De Leacy… - Journal of …, 2024 - jnis.bmj.com
Percutaneous vertebral augmentation with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in combination
with, or without percutaneous implants are typically indicated in fractures involving the …

Systemic disease might well impact a patient 'systemically'

JM Milburn, KR Casano, JA Hirsch - Journal of NeuroInterventional …, 2024 - jnis.bmj.com
We read with interest the JNIS article,'The need for thoracic MRI before vertebral
augmentation surgery in patients with lumbar vertebral fractures' by Zhang et al. 1 The …

Response to: The evidentiary basis of vertebral augmentation: a 2019 update

D Beall - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, 2020 - jnis.bmj.com
There are many excellent manuscripts on which to base a literature evaluation and a few
meta-analyses that capture the essence of the information on vertebral augmentation, but …

Practical management of malignant compression fractures

JA Hirsch, AE Hirsch, R Jha, M Growney… - Journal of …, 2010 - jnis.bmj.com
Vertebral augmentation (VA) is a minimally invasive, imaging-guided procedure with deep
roots in the NeuroInterventional community. In the USA, this procedure has been performed …

Randomized controlled trial of vertebroplasty versus kyphoplasty in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures

JD Barr - Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 2016 - jnis.bmj.com
I read the results of the Cost Effectiveness and Efficacy of Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty
Trial (CEEP) by Evans et al published in JNIS as well as Dr Beall's response with interest …