Percutaneous Sacroplasty for Sacral Metastatic Tumors Under Fluoroscopic Guidance Only.
- Author:
Ji ZHANG
1
;
Chun Gen WU
;
Yi Feng GU
;
Ming Hua LI
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Metastatic tumors, sacroplasty; Interventional procedure technology
- MeSH: Adult; Bone Cements/*therapeutic use; Female; *Fluoroscopy; Humans; Injections, Intralesional; Male; Middle Aged; Pain, Intractable/etiology/*therapy; Polymethyl Methacrylate/administration & dosage; *Radiography, Interventional; *Sacrum; Spinal Neoplasms/complications/radiography/*secondary; *Vertebroplasty/methods
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2008;9(6):572-576
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Percutaneous sacroplasty is a safe and effective procedure for sacral insufficient fractures under CT or fluoroscopic guidance; although, few reports exist about sacral metastatic tumors. We designed a pilot study to treat intractable pain caused by a sacral metastatic tumor with sacroplasty. A 62-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman with medically intractable pain due to metastatic tumors of S1 from lymphoma and lung cancer, respectively, underwent percutaneous sacroplasty. Over the course of the follow-up period, the two patients experienced substantial and immediate pain relief that persisted over a 3-month and beyond. The woman had deposition of PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) in the needle track, but did not experience significant symptoms. No other peri-procedural complications were observed for either patient.
