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Effect of vertebroplasty on pain relief in patients with vertebral metastases /

Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel

Effect of vertebroplasty on pain relief in patients with vertebral metastases / تأثير الحقن الإصلاحى للفقرات على تخفيف الألم لمرضى الانتشار السرطانى للفقرات Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel ; Supervised Magdi Ramzi Iskander , Azza Fouad Omran , Raafat Mahfouz Riad - Cairo : Mahmoud Ahmed Kamel , 2011 - 172 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Relif

Forty patients underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty ( PVP ) for lumbar or thoracic vertebral pain due to vertebral malignant lesions . The patients were followed up for 12 weeks after PVP . Pain intensity , the presence or absence of recurrce of pain , changes in dosage of analgesics given before and after PVP, improving of disability and complications associated with PVP were evaluated



Percutaneous vertebroplasty Vertebral malignancy Vertebral pain