ArticleEuropean radiology2013
Safety and effectiveness of percutaneous sacroplasty: a single-centre experience in 58 consecutive patients with tumours or osteoporotic insufficient fractures treated under fluoroscopic guidance.
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Vertebroplasty In The Treatment Of Acute Fracture Trial (The VITTA Trial)
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Radiofrequency sacroplasty as a pain treatment for symptomatic sacral destruction due to prostate metastasis: a case report and a review of the literature.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
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- Anterior Transpsoas Approach for Removal of Cement Leakage after Sacroplasty.Spine surgery and related research · 2022Article
- Combination of long- and short-axis alar sacroplasty techniques under fluoroscopic guidance for osteoporotic sacral insufficiency fracture.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2021Article
- Percutaneous Sacroplasty : Effectiveness and Long-Term Outcome Predictors.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2020Article
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- Sacral Insufficiency Fractures: a Review of Risk Factors, Clinical Presentation, and Management.Current pain and headache reports · 2020Review
- Fluoroscopy-Guided Percutaneous Sacroplasty for Painful Metastases at the Sacral Ala.Journal of pain research · 2020Article
- Safety and efficacy of percutaneous sacroplasty for treatment of sacral insufficiency fractures: a systematic review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2019Review
- Percutaneous Sacroplasty for Painful Sacral Metastases Involving Multiple Sacral Vertebral Bodies: Initial Experience with an Interpedicular Approach.Korean journal of radiology · 2019Article
- Percutaneous consolidation of bone metastases: strategies and techniques.Insights into imaging · 2019Review
- Single-Needle Lateral Sacroplasty Technique.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2019Article
- Percutaneous Balloon Kyphoplasty in Treatment of Painful Osteoporotic Occult Vertebral Fracture: A Retrospective Study of 89 Cases.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2017Article
- Radiofrequency ablation alone or in combination with cementoplasty for local control and pain palliation of sacral metastases: preliminary results in 11 patients.Skeletal radiology · 2016Article
- Safety and Clinical Effectiveness of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in the Elderly (≥80 years).European radiology · 2016Article
- Update of vertebral cementoplasty in porotic patients.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2015Review
- Safety and effectiveness of sacroplasty: a large single-center experience.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiologyArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo report our experience in percutaneous sacroplasty (PSP) for tumours and insufficiency fractures of the sacrum.
methodsSingle-centre retrospective analysis of 58 consecutive patients who underwent 67 PSPs for intractable pain from sacral tumours (84.5 %) or from osteoporotic fractures (15.5 %). The following data were assessed: visual analogue scale (VAS) before and after the procedure for global pain; short-term (1-month) clinical follow-up using a four-grade patient satisfaction scale (worse, unchanged, mild improvement and significant improvement); modification in analgesics consumption; referred short-term walking mobility. Minor and major complications were systematically assessed.
resultsThe mean VAS score was 5.3 ± 2.0 in pre-procedure and 1.7 ± 1.8 in post-procedure. At 1-month follow-up, 34/58 (58.5 %) patients experienced a mild improvement; 15/58 (26 %) presented a significant improvement while 4/58 (7 %) and 5/58 (8.5 %) patients had unchanged or worse pain, respectively. Decreased analgesic consumption was observed in 34 % (20/58) of the patients. Eighty percent of patients with walking limitation experienced improvement, 16 % remained unchanged and 4 % were worse. We noted minor complications in 2/58 patients (3.4 %) and major complications in 2/58 patients (3.4 %).
conclusionPercutaneous sacroplasty for metastatic and osteoporotic fractures is a safe and effective technique in terms of pain relief and functional outcome. KEY POINTS: • Percutaneous sacroplasty provides pain relief and functional improvement for insufficiency sacral fractures. • Percutaneous sacroplasty provides pain relief and function improvement for sacral tumours. • The major complication rate is acceptable (3.4 %), and is higher in sacral tumours. • Posterior wall/cortical sacral bone disruption is not statistically associated with more complications. • However, osteolytic tumours seem to be associated with higher risk of complications.
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