Chew, C., Ritchie, M., O'Dwyer, P. J., & Edwards, R. (2011). A prospective study of percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with myeloma and spinal metastases. Clinical Radiology, 66, 1193–1196.
To assess the outcome and complication rate of percutaneous vertebroplasty in a large cohort of consecutive patients with myeloma and spinal metastasis treated over a nine-year period
Patients with cancer who were experiencing intractable pain from metastasis and vertebral collapse and were unresponsive to oral analgesia underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty. Pain and function were measured prior to and six weeks after the procedure.
This was a single-site study conducted in the United Kingdom.
This was a prospective, intervention trial.
Vertebroplasty can be considered as a possible option for patients with myeloma or spinal metastasis to help with intractable pain and physical disability.