Pain physician
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The traditional treatment for an instrumented vertebral fracture involves removing the loosened pedicle screws and extending the posterior instrumentation cephaladly or caudally. There has been a recent trend of performing minimally invasive fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty as a salvage procedure. ⋯ Minimally invasive fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous vertebroplasty can be used as an alternative to extension of posterior instrumentation for instrumented vertebral fracture. It has several advantages, including a shorter operating time, earlier postoperative ambulation, less blood loss, and a shorter hospital stay. The clinical outcomes of these 2 treatment approaches were similar.
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The supraorbital foramen or notch is located at the superior orbital rim. Previous studies have reported anatomical variations in these structures. However, the results varied depending on races and the measurement method used. ⋯ Supraorbital notch was more frequently found than the supraorbital foramen. The supraorbital notch had a wider diameter and was more centrally located than the supraorbital foramen.