short report Percutaneous vertebroplasty for acute vertebral body fracture and deformity in multiple myeloma: a short report.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Diamond, Terrence H.; Hartwell, Tabitha; Clarke, William; Manoharan, Arumugam
- Source
- British Journal of Haematology. Feb2004, Vol. 124 Issue 4, p485-487. 3p.
- Subject
- *MULTIPLE myeloma
*VERTEBRAE
*SPINE
*TREATMENT of fractures
*PAIN
*THERAPEUTICS
*PATIENTS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0007-1048
We describe seven patients with multiple myeloma who were treated for acute vertebral body fractures with percutaneous vertebroplasty to a total of 14 vertebrae. Six of the seven patients had at least a 50% decrease in their pain scores at 24 h following vertebroplasty. There were no procedure-related complications. These encouraging results prompt us to suggest further large-scale evaluation of this procedure in myeloma patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]