title: Tageted bipolar radiofrequency decompression with vertebroplasty for intractable radicular pain due to spinal metastasis: a case report.
abstract: Metastatic spinal tumors are usually quite difficult to treat. In patients with metastatic spinal tumors, conventional radiotherapy fails to relieve pain in 20-30% of cases and open surgery often causes considerable trauma and complications, which delays treatment of the primary disease. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is considered to be useful in achieving rapid pain control and preventing further vertebral collapse due to spinal metastasis. However, symptoms of intraspinal neural compression can be contraindications to PVP. To overcome this problem, we performed PVP following targeted bipolar radiofrequency decompression, and examined the effect of the combined treatment in relieving severe radicular pain related to spinal cord compression caused by malignant metastatic tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicines, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicines, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hahck Soo
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ewha Womans University School of Medicines, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Lee
keywords: Neoplasm metastasis; Radiofrequency; Spinal cord compression; Spine; Vertebroplasty