Publication Date:
2008
Short description:
Percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty: a case report / Masala, S., Roselli, M., Manenti, G., Mammucari, M., Bartolucci, D.a., Simonetti, G.M.E.. - In: CARDIOVASCULAR AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0174-1551. - 31:3(2008), pp. 669-672. [10.1007/s00270-007-9223-2]
abstract:
A 70-year-old man with a painful vertebral metastasis was treated with combined percutaneous cryoablation and vertebroplasty therapy (CVT) in one session. The patient was suffering from diffuse visceral metastasized cholangiocarcinoma. After several weeks of back pain, magnetic resonance imaging documented a single L2 bone metastasis. In consultation with the oncologists, palliative combined CVT was administered with the aim of obtaining pain relief and bone stabilization. In our experience this combined treatment is safe and effective for immediate pain relief in painful bone metastases when other standard palliative treatments have failed.
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Risk Assessment; Treatment Outcome; Tomography; X-Ray Computed; Lumbar Vertebrae; Male; Vertebroplasty; Cryosurgery; Low Back Pain; Spinal Neoplasms; Bile Ducts; Intrahepatic; Humans; Palliative Care; Quality of Life; Cholangiocarcinoma; Aged; Bile Duct Neoplasms; Pain Measurement; Combined Modality Therapy
List of contributors:
Masala, Salvatore; Roselli, Mario; Manenti, Guglielmo; Mammucari, M; Bartolucci, Da; Simonetti, GIOVANNI MARIA EGISTO
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