SIFs are a common, though often unsuspected, cause of low back pain in the elderly.
Although numerous radiographic modalities can be used to diagnose SIFs, bone …

Purpose Metastatic involvement of the sacrum is rare and there is a paucity of studies which
deal with the management of these tumours since most papers refer to primary sacral …

Objective To assess the outcomes and safety after CT-guided percutaneous sacroplasty in
patients with painful sacral insufficiency fractures or pathologic sacral lesions. Methods A …

Objective To report our experience in percutaneous sacroplasty (PSP) for tumours and
insufficiency fractures of the sacrum. Methods Single-centre retrospective analysis of 58 …

Objective Percutaneous stabilization (PS; percutaneous flexible nailing and intramedullary
bone cement injection) was performed at lower extremity long bones in patients with multiple …

Aims The purpose of the study was to investigate whether closed intramedullary (IM) nailing
with percutaneous cement augmentation is better than conventional closed nailing at …

Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) frequently metastasizes to the spine. The
impact of medical and/or surgical intervention on overall survival has been examined in a …

BACKGROUND CONTEXT: Sacral insufficiency fractures and metastases are a source of
severe intractable pain, with limited therapeutic options. Sacroplasty has demonstrable …

We evaluated the clinical results of sacroplasty for sacral insufficiency fracture (SIF). SIF are
rare fractures that present as low back and groin pain. The diagnosis of SIF is difficult and …

Purpose We have performed percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) using
polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) for patients with vertebral metastases since 2002. This …