Percutaneous imaging-guided cryoablation (PICA) is a recently developed technique, which
applies extreme hypothermia to destroy tumours under close imaging surveillance. It is …

Spinal metastases are an increasing societal health burden secondary to improvements in
systemic therapy. Estimates indicate that 100,000 or more people have symptomatic spine …

Background Percutaneous cryoablation has been shown to be effective in the management
of painful bone tumors. However, knowledge of the complication rate and risk factors for …

Interventional Radiology (IR) has experienced an exponential growth in recent years.
Technological advances of the last decades have made it possible to use new treatments on …

Objective To review the efficacy of percutaneous thermal ablation (TA) of bone metastases
(radiofrequency ablation [RFA], microwave ablation [MWA], cryoablation [CA], and MR …

Interventional radiology provides local management of bone metastases (BM) with a
palliative intent in most cases, or with a curative intent in selected patients. Its role has …

Vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) have various causes, including osteoporosis,
neoplasms, and acute trauma. As painful VCFs may contribute to general physical …

Abstract The Metastatic Spine Disease Multidisciplinary Working Group consists of medical
and radiation oncologists, surgeons, and interventional radiologists from multiple …

Purpose To perform a systematic review of technical details and clinical outcomes of
percutaneous extra-spinal cementoplasty in patients with malignant lesions. Materials and …

The role of interventional radiology (IR) is expanding. With new techniques being developed
and tested, this radiology subspecialty is taking a step forward in different clinical scenarios …