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Percutaneous vertebroplasty for acute vertebral body fracture and deformity in multiple myeloma: a short report
Author(s) -
Diamond Terrence H.,
Hartwell Tabitha,
Clarke William,
Manoharan Arumugam
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
british journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.907
H-Index - 186
eISSN - 1365-2141
pISSN - 0007-1048
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2004.04809.x
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous vertebroplasty , vertebral body , multiple myeloma , percutaneous , surgery , spinal deformity , vertebra , radiology , deformity
Summary We describe seven patients with multiple myeloma who were treated for acute vertebral body fractures with percutaneous vertebroplasty to a total of 14 vertebrae. Six of the seven patients had at least a 50% decrease in their pain scores at 24 h following vertebroplasty. There were no procedure‐related complications. These encouraging results prompt us to suggest further large‐scale evaluation of this procedure in myeloma patients.