Percutaneous vertebroplasty for thoracic and lumbar malignant tumor
LI Chun-hai
YE Wei
HUANG Hai
LIANG An-jing
ZHANG Shuo-ling
LIU Shang-li
Abstract：Objective To study the effect of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) for thoracic and lumbar malignant tumor. Methods Eleven vertebras in 5 cases with multiple myeloma and 27 vertebras in 16 cases with thoracic and lumbar malignant tumors were treated with PVP. Results Twenty cases were followed up for 7.8 month on average (6 to 12 months). In 24 hours after operation, the rate of pain complete remission (CR) was 60% (12/20) and the rate of partial remission (PR) 25% (5/20). One week after operation, the rate of CR was 75% (15/20)and the rate of PR was 15% (3/20). Three months after operation, 1 case died of the original tumor and 1 case had relieved symptoms. At the end of follow-up, 3 cases died of the original tumor and 2 cases had more symptoms. Meanwhile, after the operation, bone cement leakage happened in 15 vertebras of 7 cases and no other complications such as lung embolism occurred. Conclusion PVP is an excellent method for pain remission of patients with thoracic and lumbar malignant tumors.
Keywords：Multiple myelomaPercutaneous vertebroplastyMetastases
Publication Date：2008-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 390-391 )