Vertebroplasty using transoral approach in painful malignant involvement of the second cervical vertebra (C2): A single-institution series of 25 patients

Pain Physician

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-42

  Anselmetti, Giovanni Carlo ^a   Manca, Antonio ^a   Montemurro, Filippo ^a   Tutton, Sean ^b   Chiara, Gabriele ^a   Battistella, Massimo ^a   Savojardo, Maurizio ^a   Marcia, Stefano ^c   Masala, Salvatore ^d   Regge, Daniele ^a  

^a CANDIOLO CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Metastases; Pain; Palliation; Vertebroplasty

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BRACE; CERVICAL SPINE PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEEDLE; ODONTOID PROCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE SURGERY; TRANSORAL VERTEBROPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY NEEDLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AXIS; BONE CEMENTS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 84856483636     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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