Multifocal cementoplasty and internal fixation as a palliative procedure for skeletal metastases in the foot: a case report.
Cementoplasty is a well-established intervention for symptomatic control of localized skeletal metastases; however, its use has never been reported for metastases in the foot. We report on a patient with symptomatic skeletal metastases throughout the foot in which cementoplasty, in conjunction with internal fixation, was used to alleviate pain and enable comfortable ambulation.
Gibbs
David Mark
DM
Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Lincoln County Hospital, Lincolnshire, UK. dmrgibbs@yahoo.co.uk
Esler
Claire P
CP
Ashford
Robert U
RU
Best
Alistair
A
D000368:Aged; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D001860:Bone Plates; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D003475:Curettage; D005529:Foot Bones / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000627:therapeutic use
D001843:Bone Cements; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate