Percutaneous sacroplasty for relieving pain caused by sacral metastases

Percutaneous injection of polymethyl-metacrylate is an increasingly popular treatment for spine metastatic tumors. We present a case of sacral breast carcinoma treated successfully by percutaneous sacroplasty with injection of bone cement, resulting in pain relief.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurocirugía (Asturias, Spain) Spain), 2007-06, Vol.18 (3), p.247
Hauptverfasser:	Valencia-Anguita, J, Juliá-Narváez, M, Rodríguez-Burgos, F, Ponce de León, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng ; spa
Schlagworte:	Adult Bone Cements - therapeutic use Breast Neoplasms - pathology Drug Administration Routes Female Humans Injections, Intralesional Palliative Care Sacrum - pathology Spinal Neoplasms - pathology Spinal Neoplasms - secondary Spinal Neoplasms - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Percutaneous injection of polymethyl-metacrylate is an increasingly popular treatment for spine metastatic tumors. We present a case of sacral breast carcinoma treated successfully by percutaneous sacroplasty with injection of bone cement, resulting in pain relief.
ISSN:	1130-1473