Abstract
Spinal metastatic tumor is a common problem and represents a challenging problem in oncology practice. Patients with osteolytic metastases often suffer from intractable local and/or radicular pain. Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive, radiologically guided procedure whereby bone cement is injected into structurally weakened vertebrae to provide immediate biomechanical stability. Vertebroplasty is also used to relieve pain by stabilizing metastatically compromised vertebrae that are at risk of pathological burst fracture. In this retrospective study, a total of 57 patients (78 vertebrae) with spinal metastatic tumor were treated with PMMA vertebroplasty. The mean value of the visual analogue scale (VAS) was 8.1 ± 0.67 preoperatively, and significantly decreased to 3.8 ± 1.9 (1-8, p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 280-284 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2008 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Minimal invasive
- Pain
- PMMA
- Spinal metastatic tumor
- Spinal stability
- Vertebroplasty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Surgery