title: Percutaneous vertebroplasty as a treatment for painful osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) has been used widely to treat pain caused by osteolytic spinal lesions, whereas vertebroplasty for osteoblastic spinal lesions is less known. The purpose of this study is to describe PVP as a highly effective miniinvasive procedure to treat painful osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions. Four patients with painful osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions were treated by PVP in the authors' department, and immediately relief of pain was achieved in all of them. The findings from this study may encourage more studies of PVP in palliative treatment of patients with osteoblastic lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rui-Fang
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Shi-Yuan
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Zhi
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong-Hai
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Xiao-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Xiang-Sheng
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Xiao
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary / Q000628:therapy*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*