Editing Vertebral augmentation (section)

== History ==
Vertebroplasty had been performed as an open procedure for many decades to secure pedicle screws and fill tumorous voids. However, the results were not always worth the risk involved with an [[Invasiveness of surgical procedures#Open surgery|open procedure]], which was the reason for the development of [[percutaneous]] vertebroplasty.

The first percutaneous vertebroplasty was performed in 1984 at the University Hospital of Amiens, France to fill a vertebral void left after the removal of a benign [[spinal tumor]]. A report of this and 6 other patients was published in 1987 and it was introduced in the United States in the early 1990s. Initially, the treatment was used primarily for tumors in Europe and vertebral compression fractures in the United States, although the distinction has largely gone away since then.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Mathis |editor1-first=John M. |editor2-last=Deramond|editor2-first=Hervé |editor3-last=Belkoff |editor3-first=Stephen M. |title=Percutaneous Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty |url=https://archive.org/details/percutaneousvert00math |url-access=limited |edition=2nd |year=2006 |orig-year=First edition published 2002 |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] |isbn=978-0-387-29078-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/percutaneousvert00math/page/n11 3]–5}}</ref>