Anterior medial transoral c2 vertebroplasty. A case report
| Autor: | F. Boraso, G. Callari, S. Vallone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Transoral approach General Medicine medicine.disease Short life Metastasis Surgery Radiation therapy Percutaneous vertebroplasty Spinal cord compression medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neurology (clinical) Radiology Vertebral collapse Antibiotic prophylaxis business |
| Zdroj: | The neuroradiology journal. 20(2) |
| ISSN: | 1971-4009 |
| Popis: | We present the case of a 63-year-old man with a C2 metastasis and a life expectancy of a few months who was independent at the time of diagnosis. In accordance with oncologists and radiotherapists, under antibiotic prophylaxis and general anesthesia, C2 vertebroplasty with an anterior medial transoral approach was performed, followed by radiotherapy. A satisfactory clinical result was obtained consisting in pain relief and avoidance of progression to vertebral collapse and spinal cord compression. We suggest that vertebroplasty should be performed even in compromised patients with a short life expectancy with a C2 metastasis difficult to access from a technical point of view. |
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