Spine Cryoablation: A Multimodality Image-Guided Approach for Tumors Adjacent to Major Neural Elements.
Publication/Presentation Date
12-1-2016
Abstract
We report percutaneous cryoablation of spine tumors in 7 consecutive patients (5 men, 2 women [mean age, 47 years; range, 17-68 years]) by using intraprocedural image monitoring of ice ball margins to protect adjacent neural elements. Complete tumor ablation was achieved in all patients without neurologic complication. Pain relief was achieved in 4 of 5 (80%) patients; the patient with persistent pain was later found to have enlarging metastases at other sites.
Volume
37
Issue
12
First Page
2396
Last Page
2399
ISSN
1936-959X
Published In/Presented At
Guenette, J. P., Tuncali, K., Himes, N., Tatli, S., & Lee, T. C. (2016). Spine Cryoablation: A Multimodality Image-Guided Approach for Tumors Adjacent to Major Neural Elements. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology, 37(12), 2396–2399. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A4923
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
27609619
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article
