title: Treatment of metastatic carcinoma to the hip with CT-guided percutaneous acetabuloplasty: report of four cases.
abstract: Percutaneous acetabuloplasty (PA) is a promising treatment for painful metastatic lesions of the acetabulum. Four patients were treated with injection of the bone cement polymethylmethacrylate directly into the lesion. After the procedure, all four patients had improvement or relief of their pain and were able to resume weight-bearing activities. The procedure was well tolerated by each patient without morbidity. PA appears to be a reasonable palliative procedure for painful and fragile hips associated with metastatic bone disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Division of Neurointerventional Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Bishnu H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Sapkota
authors.forename: Ariel E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: Albert J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Francis J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hornicek
authors.forename: Kevin A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Raskin
authors.forename: Daniel I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Rosenthal
authors.forename: Marion L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Growney
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hirsch
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000187:drug effects; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements