ArticleSkeletal radiology2016
Radiofrequency ablation alone or in combination with cementoplasty for local control and pain palliation of sacral metastases: preliminary results in 11 patients.
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- Radiofrequency Ablation of Painful Spinal Metastasis: A Systematic Review.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2025Pooled it
- Finite element validation and short-term clinical outcomes of robot-assisted percutaneous microwave ablation plus cement augmentation and sacroiliac screw fixation for upper sacral (S1-S2) metastases.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026Article
- Comparison of Clinical Outcomes Between Fluoroscopic and Computer Tomographic Guidance in Concurrent Use of Radiofrequency Ablation and Vertebral Augmentation in Spinal Metastases: A Scoping Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Novel Clinical Practice Assessments: Informational Statements by the Musculoskeletal Tumor Society.Journal of surgical oncology · 2025Review
- Sacroplasty with or without screw fixation for sacral metastatic tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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- Interventional Radiology in the Management of Metastases and Bone Tumors.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Surgical Treatment of Sacral Metastatic Tumors.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Ablation Techniques in Cancer Pain.Cancer treatment and research · 2021Article
- Management of Spinal Bone Metastases With Radiofrequency Ablation, Vertebral Reinforcement and Transpedicular Fixation: A Retrospective Single-Center Case Series.Frontiers in oncology · 2021Article
- Analgesia of percutaneous thermal ablation plus cementoplasty for cancer bone metastases.Journal of bone oncology · 2019Review
- What's new in management of bone metastases?European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2019Review
- Minimally Invasive Stabilization Using Screws and Cement for Pelvic Metastases: Technical Considerations for the Pelvic "Screw and Glue" Technique.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2019Review
- Cytoreduction for colorectal metastases: liver, lung, peritoneum, lymph nodes, bone, brain. When does it palliate, prolong survival, and potentially cure?Current problems in surgery · 2018Review
- Thermal effect of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation with a clustered electrode for vertebral tumors: In vitro and vivo experiments and clinical application.Journal of bone oncology · 2018Article
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- Combined Vertebral Augmentation and Radiofrequency Ablation in the Management of Spinal Metastases: an Update.Current treatment options in oncology · 2017Review
- Decision Making: Osteoplasty, Ablation, or Combined Therapy for Spinal Metastases.Seminars in interventional radiology · 2017Review
- CT fluoroscopy-guided percutaneous osteoplasty with or without radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of painful extraspinal and spinal bone metastases: technical outcome and complications in 29 patients.Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey)Article
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Abstract
purposeTo determine the safety and effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) to treat sacral metastases for pain palliation and local tumor control (LTC). MATERIALS AND
methodsAn institutional tumor ablation registry was retrospectively reviewed for sacral RFA procedures performed between January 2012 and December 2015. Clinical history, pre-procedural imaging, and procedural details were reviewed to document indication for treatment, primary tumor histology, tumor volumes, presence of concurrent cementoplasty after RFA, and the occurrence of peri-procedural complications. Pain scores before and 4 weeks after the procedure were recorded. Post-procedure imaging was reviewed for imaging evidence of tumor progression. Long-term complications and duration of clinical follow-up were recorded.
resultsDuring the study period, 11 RFA procedures were performed to treat 16 sacral metastases. All procedures were for pain palliation. Four procedures (36 %; 4 out of 11) were also performed with the intention of achieving LTC in patients with oligometastatic disease. Concurrent cementoplasty was performed in 63 % of cases (7 out of 11). The median pain score decreased from 8 (interquartile range, 6-9.25) at baseline to 3 (interquartile range, 1.75-6.3) 1 month following RFA (P = 0.004). In the 4 patients with oligometastatic disease, LTC was achieved in 3 patients (75 %; 3 out of 4) after a median follow-up of 7.6 months (range, 3.6-11.9 months). No acute or long-term complications were documented during the overall median clinical follow-up of 4.7 months (range, 0.9-28.7 months).
conclusionsRadiofrequency ablation maybe a safe and potentially effective treatment for patients with painful sacral metastases and can achieve LTC in selected patients.
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