Objective To introduce extrapedicular infiltration anesthesia as an improved method of local anesthesia which applied to unipedicular percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty.Methods From March 2015 to March 2016,20 patients in our hospital received percutaneous vertebroplasty or percutaneous kyphoplasty with 1％ lidocaine local infiltration anesthesia and extrapedicular infiltration anesthesia.The visual analogue score of patients during the operation and whether they needed additional sedative anesthesia were evaluated.The anaesthetic effect of nerve root block was observed.Results The visual analogue score of all the patients ranged from 1 point to 3 point,averagely (2.5 ± 0.7) point.Among the 20 patients,there were 2 cases of 1 point,7 cases of 2 point and 11 cases of 3 point.No patients required additional sedative anesthesia,and no nerve root block effects were observed.Conclusion Extrapedicular infiltration anesthesia provides good local anesthetic effects without significant complications,which deserved further use in unipedicular percutaneous vertebroplasty and percutaneous kyphoplasty.

tomography angiography ( CTA) and T12-S1 vertebral computed tomography three-dimensional reconstruction were selected .The operative win-dows of L1 ~L2 OLIF were observed:the vascular window ,bare window ,psoas major window ,ideal operative window and actual operative win-dow.The operative windows ’ percentage accounted for ideal operative window were calculated ,the actual operative window based on an actual operative window of <1 cm,≥1 cm were statistically analyzed ,and the positions of the left renal artery and renal vein in front of operative window of L1 ~L2 OLIF were observed.Results The actual operative window was <1 cm in 2 cases (3.3%) and ≥1 cm in 58 cases (96.7%).In 58 cases,the difference was significant(P=0.008) in gender and men were more than women.The vascular window,bare win-dow and psoas major window accounted for the ideal operative window by 45%,43%and 12%,respectively ,and the actual operative window accounted for the ideal operative window by 55%.The left renal artery and renal vein's walking planes were at between the middle 1/3 of L1 to up 1/3 of L2 .There were 31 cases (51.7%) of the left renal artery being behind the left renal vein .Conclusion The regional anatomy of the operative window of L1 ~L2 OLIF has its own peculiarities,and not all L1 ~L2 levels are suitable for OLIF.The left renal vessels’ walk-ing planes were in front of L 1 ~L2 .Before L1 ~L2 OLIF surgery,surgeons should analyze the imaging anatomimy through imaging .