Compression fracture with vertebroplasty intervention. (A) X-ray procedure using standard transpedicular approach. (B) X-ray (top panels) and short inversion imaging (STIR)–weighted MRI sagittal images (bottom panels) of a compression fracture of T7 before and after vertebroplasty. Immediate and dramatic pain relief because of improved mechanical stability as well as the polymethylmethacrylate's neurotoxic effects.¹³³