title: Metastatic compression fractures--vertebroplasty for pain control.
abstract: Quality of life issues remain at the forefront for individuals with life-threatening disease, such as metastatic cancer. The pain of metastatic bone cancer can severely hamper an individual's quality of life. Percutaneous vertebroplasty offers a minimally invasive way to reinforce bony elements, provide substantial improvement in pain control, allow for mobilization, and overall improve quality of life in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Neuroradiology Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA. dmlemke@mcw.edu
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lemke
authors.forename: Lotfi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hacein-Bey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*