BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Despite the growing use of percutaneous ablation therapy
for the treatment of metastatic spine disease, several issues have yet to be fully addressed …

Background context Cancer spread to the spine affects bone stability and can lead to
pathologic fracture and neurologic impairment. Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) recently has …

PURPOSE: To test the hypotheses that (a) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging–guided radio-
frequency (RF) thermal ablation of the vertebrae is feasible in porcine models,(b) procedure …

Metastatic disease to the spine are becoming increasingly common with an aging
population and improvements in systemic cancer therapies. Surgery, radiation, and …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Percutaneous thermal ablation followed by vertebral
augmentation is an emerging minimally invasive therapeutic alternative for the management …

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the safety of radiofrequency (RF) ablation for vertebral
lesions by monitoring the temperature in swine vertebral models with and without a cortical …

Background Bone metastases are often the cause of tumor-associated pain and reduction of
quality of life. For patients that cannot be treated by surgery, a local minimally invasive …

Purpose To evaluate safety of coblation of simulated lytic metastases in human cadaveric
vertebral bodies by measuring heat distribution during thermal tissue ablation and …

Background Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) focally destroys abnormal or dysfunctional
tissue using thermal energy generated from alternating current. The utilization of RFA has …

OBJECTIVE. We present three cases of symptomatic high-risk metastases involving the
vertebral body treated using infused bipolar radiofrequency ablation either alone or in …