Figure 10. (a) Lateral and (b) posteroanterior radiographs show even and near-complete polymethylmethacrylate (PMM) filling of a severely compressed T12 vertebral body in a 72-year-old woman with osteoporosis. (c) Post-vertebroplasty axial CT scan confirms near-complete PMM vertebral body filling. There is slight leakage of PMM into the anterior epidural space and paravertebral soft tissues.

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