Koban, OrkunOgrenc, AhmetYilmaz, MesutDalbayrak, Sedat2024-05-252024-05-25202001019-514910.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28191-19.22-s2.0-85106812110https://doi.org/10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.28191-19.2https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14517/1432Koban, Orkun/0000-0002-4721-0502AIM: To document the effectiveness of an alternative surgical technique with concurrent vertebroplasty and decompression without instrumentation for patients with vertebral hemangioma presenting with neural compression symptoms. MATERIAL and METHODS: This study is a technical note and a retrospective clinical evaluation. We analyzed the data of 8 patients operated with our alternative surgical technique for vertebral hemangiomas with epidural extension and neural compression, between 2013 and 2018. The preoperative, postoperative 1st month and postoperative 12th-month Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores were assessed and compared. RESULTS: Five of the patients had lumbar and 3 had thoracic hemangiomas. The difference between preoperative and 1st and 12th-month Visual Analogue Scale scores were statistically significant. None of the patients received additional intervention, stabilization, or needed a blood transfusion. CONCLUSION: This technique is a safe and minimally invasive approach for vertebral hemangiomas with epidural extension allowing decompression of the spinal cord without massive hemorrhage.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDecompressionEpidural extensionVertebroplastyVertebral hemangiomaConference ObjectQ4Q3305679684WOS:00057442230000732705661458873