Percutaneous cement discoplasty in degenerative spinal disease: systematic review of indications, clinical outcomes, and complications

F Fusini, M Girardo, A Aprato, A Massè, A Lorenzi… - World Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Percutaneous cement discoplasty (PCD) is a minimally invasive surgical
procedure that can provide a segmental stabilizing and indirect decompression effect in the …

[PDF][PDF] Critical review of the state-of-the-art on lumbar percutaneous cement discoplasty

C Techens, PE Eltes, A Lazary, L Cristofolini - Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Interbody fusion is the gold standard surgery to treat lumbar disc degeneration disease but
can be a high-risk procedure in elderly and polymorbid patients. Percutaneous Cement …

Low-modulus PMMA has the potential to reduce stresses on endplates after cement discoplasty

S Lewin, P Försth, C Persson - Journal of functional biomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cement discoplasty has been developed to treat patients with advanced intervertebral disc
degeneration. In discoplasty, poly (methylmethacrylate)(PMMA) bone cement is injected into …

Association between Modic changes and intervertebral vacuum phenomenon severity in patients undergoing percutaneous cement discoplasty

G Camino-Willhuber, G Kido, S Vildoza… - Acta …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Modic changes and intervertebral vacuum phenomenon (IVP) are considered
spinal degenerative changes. The correlation between Modic and IVP has not been …

An ex-vivo model for the biomechanical assessment of cement discoplasty

S Ghandour, K Pazarlis, S Lewin, P Isaksson… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty (PCD) is a surgical technique developed to relieve pain
in patients with advanced degenerative disc disease characterized by a vacuum …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical characterization and cytocompatibility of linoleic acid modified bone cement for percutaneous cement discoplasty

S Ghandour, L Hong, M Aramesh, C Persson - Journal of the Mechanical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Minimally invasive spine treatments have been sought after for elderly patients with
comorbidities suffering from advanced degenerative disc disease. Percutaneous cement …

Biomechanical consequences of cement discoplasty: An in vitro study on thoraco-lumbar human spines

C Techens, S Montanari, F Bereczki… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
With the ageing of the population, there is an increasing need for minimally invasive spine
surgeries to relieve pain and improve quality of life. Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty is a …

Complication Pattern After Percutaneous Cement Discoplasty: Identification of Factors Influencing Reoperation and Length of Hospital Stay

K Koch, Z Szoverfi, G Jakab, PP Varga, Z Hoffer… - World Neurosurgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Percutaneous cement discoplasty (PCD) was introduced to treat symptomatic
vertical instability of the lumbar spine in a minimally invasive way. The aim of the present …

[HTML][HTML] Biomechanical Behavior of Injected Cement Spacers versus Traditional Cages in Low-Density Lumbar Spine under Compression Loading

T Csakany, P Varga, B Gueorguiev, E Lakatos… - Medicina, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Background and Objectives: Osteoporosis renders the use of traditional interbody
cages potentially dangerous given the high risk of damage in the bone–implant interface …

Quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties of a linoleic acid-modified, low-modulus bone cement for spinal applications

S Ghandour, I Christie… - Open …, 2024 - open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu
Background Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement is extensively used in spinal
procedures such as vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty, while its use in percutaneous cement …