title: A patient with lung cancer metastatic to the fifth thoracic vertebra and spinal cord compression treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty and I-125 seed implantation.
abstract: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgical technique for the     treatment of spinal damage and pathological compression fractures. Iodine-125     (I-125) particles can inhibit the uncontrolled proliferation of tumor cells to     achieve anti-tumor effects. We report treating a spinal cord compression and T5     metastatic lung cancer patient through percutaneous vertebroplasty and I-125     seed implantation. Three years of follow-up demonstrated that our surgical plan     achieved a satisfactory clinical outcome with good postsurgical recovery of     spinal column function and relieved the symptoms of spinal cord compression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Tumor Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical College, Kunming, China. yangzuozhang@163.com
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zuozhang
authors.forename: Xie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hongpu
authors.forename: Huang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yunnchao
authors.forename: Ma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jinlei
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ruilian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001918:Brachytherapy; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D054854:Vertebroplasty
chemical_list: D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes