Percutaneous osteoplasty for the management of a pubic bone metastasis

Percutaneous osteoplasty (POP) has been proven to relieve pain due to osteolytic metastases by injecting bone cement to stabilize the pathological fracture. Nevertheless, there have been few reports about POP of metastases in the pubis. This article presents a case involving the use of POP to manage...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shi, Guan, Tang, Hai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Medizin 2019
Materias:
Kasuistiken
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30843104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00132-019-03708-7
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Sumario:Percutaneous osteoplasty (POP) has been proven to relieve pain due to osteolytic metastases by injecting bone cement to stabilize the pathological fracture. Nevertheless, there have been few reports about POP of metastases in the pubis. This article presents a case involving the use of POP to manage a metastasis in the pubis. After POP the patient experienced significant pain relief and improvement in the quality of life.

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