BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is known for its pain-
relieving effect. Our purpose was to evaluate its effect on the kyphosis angle, wedge angle,
and height of the fractured vertebral body. METHODS: We reviewed digital radiographs of
73 vertebral bodies in 53 patients before and after vertebroplasty. We measured the spinal
kyphosis angle and the wedge angle of the fractured vertebral body. Ratios of the height of
the anterior border, center, and posterior borders of the collapsed vertebra to the height at …

Acute or chronic sinusitis is a common illness among adults and children. Sinus radiography
is the primary imaging study that most otolaryngologists utilize when diagnosing sinusitis. In
this study, we recruited 42 patients (26 males and 16 females) with age ranging from 5 to 83
years (average: 52.3 years) without a history of trauma or neoplasm, between January 2008
and July 2009. Upon receiving a diagnosis of sinusitis, the patients received sinus
radiography followed by computed tomography (CT) within two weeks. Images of both sinus …