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Treatment of pathologic spinal fractures with combined radiofrequency ablation and balloon kyphoplasty

BACKGROUND: In oncologic patients with metastatic spinal disease, the ideal treatment should be well tolerated, relieve the pain, and preserve or restore the neurological function. The combination of fluoroscopic guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and kyphoplasty may fulfill these criteria. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Katonis, Pavlos, Pasku, Dritan, Alpantaki, Kalliopi, Bano, Artan, Tzanakakis, George, Karantanas, Apostolos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19917114
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-7-90