Successful salvage using percutaneous vertebroplasty in cancer patients with painful spinal metastases or osteoporotic compression fractures.
Percutaneous vertebroplasty significantly improved pain, mobility and quality of life in cancer patients with bone metastases who failed radiation or with osteoporotic compression fractures. The serious complication is relatively rare.
Chow
Edward
E
Bone Metastases Clinic, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5.
Holden
Lori
L
Danjoux
Cyril
C
Yee
Albert
A
Vidmar
Marjan
M
Connolly
Ruth
R
Finkelstein
Joel
J
Cheung
Gordon
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications*; D010146:Pain; D010166:Palliative Care; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011788:Quality of Life; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*
D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate