title: Successful salvage using percutaneous vertebroplasty in cancer patients with painful spinal metastases or osteoporotic compression fractures.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Bone Metastases Clinic, Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5.
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: Cyril
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Danjoux
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yee
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vidmar
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheung
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate