title: Percutaneous kyphoplasty in the treatment of painful osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions.
abstract: Percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) represents a powerful tool in the management of oncology patients who suffer from painful osteolytic spinal lesions, due to the minimally invasive nature of the procedure. However, there have been few reports on the role of PKP in the treatment of osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions. We report our experience of the treatment of six patients with painful osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions using PKP. Immediate relief of pain and improvement of functional status were achieved in all of them without PKP-related complications, which may encourage more studies of PKP in the palliative treatment of patients with painful osteoblastic metastatic spinal lesions.
authors: Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, 188 Shizi Street, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province 215006, China.
authors: Guangdong
authors: G
authors: Chen
authors: Zong-Ping
authors: ZP
authors: Luo
authors: Hongtao
authors: H
authors: Zhang
authors: Badri
authors: B
authors: Nalajala
authors: Huilin
authors: H
authors: Yang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D060826:Cementoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058498:Kyphoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome