Georgy B A
Valley Radiology Consultants, Escondido, CA 92025, USA.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Oct;29(9):1605-11. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A1137. Epub 2008 Jun 19.
The purpose of this article is to review the current state of the art for treating symptomatic spinal fractures associated with malignant lesions and to present potential future trends in treatments for this patient population. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and biomechanical ramifications of these lesions are summarized and treatment regimes, clinical outcomes, and complications and technical issues associated with treatments are presented. Potential future trends and new technologies for performing vertebral body augmentation in patients with metastatic spinal lesions are also discussed.
本文旨在综述治疗与恶性病变相关的有症状脊柱骨折的当前技术水平,并介绍针对该患者群体治疗的潜在未来趋势。总结了这些病变的流行病学、临床表现和生物力学影响,并介绍了治疗方案、临床结果以及与治疗相关的并发症和技术问题。还讨论了转移性脊柱病变患者椎体强化的潜在未来趋势和新技术。