[Vertebroplasty: the new CHUV consensus].

Should we continue to treat patients suffering from an acute osteoporotic vertebral fracture with vertebroplasty ? What is the potential benefit ? What are its indications ? What are its risks ? Which way to perform it ? How to manage the osteoporosis evaluation and therapy ? In 2009 we published the > on the management of vertebral osteoporotic fractures by vertebroplasty. We here propose an update including recent knowledge on the management of vertebral fractures by bone insufficiency by percutaneous cementoplasty.