Procedure of the Month

This is the case of a 68 year-old male suffering from severe back pain for 3 months. Patient failed conservative treatment with high doses of analgesics. MRI was performed, as shown in Figure 1 below. This T2-weighted image clearly revealed evidence of acute fracture with bone marrow edema at the L1 level. Which choice do you think best describes the patient's treatment options (click on the x-ray below to take the multiple choice/guess test)?

Figure 1: Preoperative T2-weighted sagittal MRI showed evidence of bone marrow edema indicative of acute fracture at the L1 level (arrow).

Case review and x-rays courtesy of
Dr. Bassem A Georgy.
Interventional Radiologist Valley Radiology Consultants Assistant Clinical Professor University of California, San Diego

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