RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Extending Polymerization Time of Polymethylmethacrylate Cement in Percutaneous Vertebroplasty with Ice Bath Cooling
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 545
OP 546
VO 24
IS 3
A1 Chavali, Ram
A1 Resijek, Rick
A1 Knight, Steven K
A1 Choi, In Sup
YR 2003
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/3/545.abstract
AB Summary: Currently available preparations of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement for percutaneous vertebroplasty have injectability times of 4–15 minutes. The potential for early polymerization requires procedures to be performed as fast as possible, sometimes with suboptimal results and waste of the cement. By cooling the PMMA mixture in an iced bath of sodium chloride solution, we can extend its injectability to over 2 hours and use one kit for the controlled treatment of multiple levels with successive needle placements. We have been using this technique since mid-1998, treating more than 600 vertebral bodies.