ArticleSkeletal radiology2020
Comparison of post-operative pain scores and opioid use between kyphoplasty and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) systems combined with cement augmentation.
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- Ablative Techniques for the Management of Osseous Spine Metastases: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- 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
- Combination radiofrequency ablation and vertebral cement augmentation for spinal metastatic tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of safety and treatment outcomes.North American Spine Society journal · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis retrospective chart review study aims to compare demographic information, post-operative pain scores, and opioid use following treatment with kyphoplasty alone, OsteoCool™ (Medtronic) system, and SpineSTAR ® (Merit Medicine). MATERIALS AND
methodsFollowing institutional review board approval, retrospective chart review of 64 patients was examined between January 2011 and December 2017. Inclusion criteria for this study comprised patients greater than 18 years old having metastatic vertebral compression fracture involving the thoracolumbar spine. Exclusion criteria consisted of non-pathologic osteoporotic compression fractures, metastasis in cervical spine, or previous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) treatment. Age at intervention, gender, previous treatment, and nursing recorded VAS score from 0 to 10, with zero representing no pain and 10 representing worst pain were compared. Pain scores documented immediately pre- and post-operatively, as well as 7-14 days post-operatively were targeted for analysis. Post-procedure opioid intake during the first month following surgery was also assessed.
resultsA total of 63 patients were included in this retrospective analysis. The demographic characteristics between the treatment arms were similar. Difference of square means analysis showed no statistical difference in pain scores at each time interval between the two RFA systems, or was there a statistical difference in pain scores when each RFA system was compared independently to kyphoplasty alone. Chi-squared analysis showed no statistical difference in opioid use between the treatment arms 1 month post-operatively. DISCUSSION: To our knowledge, this is the first study that evaluates post-operative pain scores between the two novel RFA systems and kyphoplasty alone. Each system results in improved pain scores post-operatively; however, no additional benefit was seen from the addition of RFA.
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