title: Is early vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty justified in multiple myeloma given the rapid vertebral fracture progression?
abstract: Xiao R, Miller JA, Margetis K, et al. Radiographic progression of vertebral fractures in patients with multiple myeloma. Spine J 2016:16:822-32 (in this issue).
authors.affiliation: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA; General Oncological Hospital Kifisias "Agioi Anargyroi", Department of Orthopedics, Kalyftaki, Athens 14564, Greece.
authors.forename: Ioannis D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Papanastassiou
authors.affiliation: General Oncological Hospital Kifisias "Agioi Anargyroi", Department of Orthopedics, Kalyftaki, Athens 14564, Greece. Electronic address: frank.vrionis@moffitt.org.
authors.forename: Frank D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Vrionis
mesh_terms: D050815:Fractures, Compression / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D058498:Kyphoplasty; D009101:Multiple Myeloma; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054854:Vertebroplasty