Method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction

Abstract

A method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction includes following steps: incising a middle of a portion of a rear side of a person's body that faces a collapsed section of a vertebra; establishing a correct position for insertion of an augmenter and drilling a fixing hole on a pedicle of said collapsed vertebral section; putting filler such as harvested autogenous bone, artificial bone, and bone cement into said fixing hole; inserting an augmenter into said fixing hole, and filling said fixing hole with filler such as harvested autogenous bone, artificial bone, and bone cement.

1 . A method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction, comprising following steps:
 (a) incising a middle of a portion of a rear side of a person's body that faces a collapsed section of a vertebra;   (b) establishing a correct position for insertion of an augmenter and drilling a fixing hole on said collapsed vertebral section, through a pedicle of said collapsed vertebral section;   (c) putting fillers into said fixing hole;   (d) inserting an augmenter into said fixing hole; and   (e) filling said fixing hole with fillers.   
     
     
         2 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein in drilling said fixing hole, the correct position for insertion of the augmenter is established with help of a C-arm fluoroscopy. 
     
     
         3 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein an image of said fixing hole is enlarged by means of a magnifier. 
     
     
         4 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a C-arm fluoroscopy is used to establish that said augmenter is in the correct position after said augmenter is inserted into said fixing hole. 
     
     
         5 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein a screw system is applied to those of the vertebra that are next to said collapsed vertebral section for increasing healing speed of said vertebra. 
     
     
         6 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the filler used in step (c) is harvested autogenous bone. 
     
     
         7 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the filler used in step (c) is artificial bone. 
     
     
         8 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the filler used in step (c) is bone cement. 
     
     
         9 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the filler used in step (e) is harvested autogenous bone. 
     
     
         10 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the filler used in step (e) is artificial bone. 
     
     
         11 . The method for fixing an augmenter for vertebral body reconstruction as recited in  claim 6 , wherein the filler used in step (e) is bone cement.