Local metastases along the tract of needle: A rare complication of vertebroplasty in treating spinal metastases

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Yen Jen ^a   Chang, Gee Chen ^a,b,d   Chen, Wen Hsien ^c   Hsu, Horng Chaung ^a   Lee, Tu Sheng ^c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Complication; Local metastases; Needle tract; Percutaneous vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; EPIDURAL SPACE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MALE; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINE METASTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRA;

AGED; DISKECTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEEDLES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34848844343     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318154c5e8     Document Type: Article

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