Sclerotic vertebral metastases: pain palliation using percutaneous image-guided cryoablation

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2011 Feb:34 Suppl 2:S294-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-010-0085-7. Epub 2010 Dec 18.

Abstract

Cryoablative therapies have been proposed to palliate pain from soft-tissue or osteolytic bone tumors. A case of a patient with painful thoracic and sacral spine sclerotic metastases successfully treated by image-guided percutaneous cryoablation with the aid of insulation techniques and thermosensors is reported in this case report.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / diagnosis
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery*
  • Cryosurgery / methods*
  • Female
  • Fluoroscopy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Osteosclerosis / diagnosis
  • Osteosclerosis / surgery*
  • Palliative Care / methods*
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Radiography, Interventional / methods*
  • Sacrum / surgery*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Spinal Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*