Osteolytic metastases around the acetabulum are frequent in tumour patients, and may cause intense and drug-resistant pain of the hip. These lesions also cause structural weakening of the pelvis, limping, and poor quality of life. Percutaneous acetabuloplasty is a mini-invasive procedure for the management of metastatic lesions due to carcinoma of the acetabulum performed in patients who cannot tolerate major surgery, or in patients towards whom radiotherapy had already proved ineffective.
Maccauro, G., Rossi, B., Logroscino, G., Percutaneous acetabuloplasty for metastatic acetabular lesions, <<BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS>>, 2008; 9 (Maggio): 1-8. [doi:10.1186/1471-2474-9-66] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/33896]
Percutaneous acetabuloplasty for metastatic acetabular lesions
Maccauro, G;Rossi, Barbara;Logroscino, Giandomenico
2008
Abstract
Osteolytic metastases around the acetabulum are frequent in tumour patients, and may cause intense and drug-resistant pain of the hip. These lesions also cause structural weakening of the pelvis, limping, and poor quality of life. Percutaneous acetabuloplasty is a mini-invasive procedure for the management of metastatic lesions due to carcinoma of the acetabulum performed in patients who cannot tolerate major surgery, or in patients towards whom radiotherapy had already proved ineffective.
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