ReviewThe neuroradiology journal2017
Percutaneous sacroplasty for the management of painful pathologic fracture in a multiple myeloma patient: Case report and review of the literature.
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- Changes in sagittal spinopelvic alignment are associated with increased pain and impaired function in multiple myeloma patients.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 · 2025Article
- 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
- 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
- Percutaneous Sacroplasty for Painful Sacral Metastases Involving Multiple Sacral Vertebral Bodies: Initial Experience with an Interpedicular Approach.Korean journal of radiology · 2019Article
- Analyses of the efficacy of percutaneous kyphoplasty and alendronate sodium on thoracolumbar vertebral fracture and the risk factors of fracture.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
Percutaneous kyphoplasty has a well-established role in the treatment of pathologic fractures in patients with multiple myeloma. Despite this, there is a scarcity of literature surrounding its use and efficacy in the sacrum. We present a case of successful symptom resolution in a patient with painful sacral fracture following sacroplasty, and review the existing literature. An 81-year-man with multiple myeloma presented to the hematology/oncology clinic with a history of excruciating pain while seated. The impact of this pain on his quality of life subjectively was rated to be particularly high. Computed tomography of the sacrum confirmed the presence of pathologic fracture within the S1 and S2 vertebrae. Under fluoroscopic guidance, polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement was injected via 11-gauge needles using an anterior-oblique approach. No immediate post-procedural complications occurred, such as foraminal extravasation or venous injection. The patient reported himself to be pain-free 1 day following the procedure, and this remains the case to date at 2 years of follow-up. Sacroplasty is technically feasible and can provide durable relief of symptoms in patients with painful pathologic fractures of the sacrum. It is likely underused and can offer tremendous benefit to myeloma patients.
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