PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J.P. Guenette
AU  - K. Tuncali
AU  - N. Himes
AU  - S. Tatli
AU  - T.C. Lee
TI  - Spine Cryoablation: A Multimodality Image-Guided Approach for Tumors Adjacent to Major Neural Elements
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A4923
DP  - 2016 Dec 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 2396--2399
VI  - 37
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/37/12/2396.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/37/12/2396.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2016 Dec 01; 37
AB  - SUMMARY: We report percutaneous cryoablation of spine tumors in 7 consecutive patients (5 men, 2 women [mean age, 47 years; range, 17–68 years]) by using intraprocedural image monitoring of ice ball margins to protect adjacent neural elements. Complete tumor ablation was achieved in all patients without neurologic complication. Pain relief was achieved in 4 of 5 (80%) patients; the patient with persistent pain was later found to have enlarging metastases at other sites.