Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in Metastatic Thoracolumbar Spine Disease Regarding Pain Relief | ||
| The Medical Journal of Cairo University | ||
| Article 90, Volume 87, June, June 2019, Pages 2153-2158 PDF (385.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjcu.2019.54368 | ||
| Author | ||
| AHMED A. ABDELKHALEK, M.D.; A. MOHSEN, M.D. | ||
| The Department Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Background: Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive technique used for treatment of painful vertebral compression fracture. Aim of Study: To evaluate the rule of vertebroplasty in treatment of spinal metastasis of thoracolumbar region regard-ing pain relief. Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective study of 14 cases of metastatic spinal disease of thoracolumbar region operated upon by percutaneous vertebroplasty between Feb-ruary 2012 to April 2015. Pain intensity was scored on visual analog scale (VAS) pre-operatively and 6 months following surgery to assess improvement. Pre-operative Plain X-ray and MRI of the spine were obtained in all patients as well as serial post-operative X-ray. Results: 12 patients (85.7%) of our study showed signif-icant pain improvement within 48 hours of the procedure, at 6 months follow-up 10 patients (71.4%) had persistent pain relief. Transient radiculopathy occurred in 1 patient due to cement leakage into the neural foramen. Conclusion: Percutaneous vertebroblasty is a minimally invasive procedure that is effective in reducing pain in patients with metastatic spinal disease of thoracolumbar spine. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Veretebroblasty – Pain – Metastatic | ||
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