Open AccessPotential Complications of Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Combined with Interstitial Implantation of 125I Seeds for Metastatic Spinal Tumors: A Case Report and Literary Review
Author(s) -
Lun-Li Xie,
Zhen-Lin Yan,
Jun Zhu,
Xudong Chen,
Changyuan Yang,
Xing Su,
Ke-qin Quan,
Dan Pu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
case reports in orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6749
pISSN - 2090-6757
DOI - 10.1155/2019/1328172
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous vertebroplasty , percutaneous , myelopathy , surgery , radiology , metastatic tumor , vertebral body , metastasis , cancer , spinal cord , psychiatry
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is often used to acquire the stability of the spine and relieve the pain caused by osteoporotic vertebral compressive fracture (OVCF). 125 I seeds have been used for application of local therapy for tumors. A combined treatment was reported in previous literatures. Thus, this case report is aimed at reporting a patient with an occurrence of delayed radioactive myelopathy, who accepted percutaneous vertebroplasty combined with interstitial implantation of 125 I seeds for metastatic spinal tumors, and at reviewing the published literatures.