Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Treatment of pathologic spinal fractures with combined radiofrequency ablation and balloon kyphoplasty | BioMed Central World Journal of Surgical Oncology Open Access Technical innovations Treatment of pathologic spinal fractures with combined radiofrequency ablation and balloon kyphoplasty Pavlos Katonis1 Dritan Pasku 1 Kalliopi Alpantaki1 Artan Bano1 George Tzanakakis2 and Apostolos Karantanas3 Address Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology University Hospital of Heraklion Crete Greece 2Department of Histology Medical School University of Crete Heraklion Greece and 3Department of Radiology University Hospital of Heraklion Crete Greece Email Pavlos Katonis - katonis@ Dritan Pasku - paskudr@ Kalliopi Alpantaki - apopaki@ Artan Bano - George Tzanakakis - tzanakak@ Apostolos Karantanas - akarantanas@ Corresponding author Published 16 November 2009 Received 2 August 2009 World Journal of Surgical Oncology 2009 7 90 doi l477-78l 9-7-90 Accepted 16 November 2009 This article is available from http content 7 l 90 2009 Katonis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract 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. Methods We describe three pathological vertebral fractures treated with a combination of fluoroscopic guided RFA and kyphoplasty in one session a 62-year-old man suffering from a painful L4 pathological fracture due to a plasmocytoma a 68-year-old man with a Tl2 pathological fracture from metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma and a 7l-year-old man with a Thl2 and Ll pathological
