Safety and Efficacy of Balloon-Assisted Kyphoplasty Followed by Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Pathological Fractures
The combined kyphoplasty and SBRT treatment paradigm can be used to treat patients with painful pathological compression fractures. Long-term LC and patient-reported improvement in pain were observed without the morbidity associated with open surgery.
Authors
- Suchet Taori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4015-2880)
- John C. Flíckinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6900-1384)
- Shovan Bhatia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8090-7208)
- Roberta K. Sefcik
- Peter C. Gerszten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-6090)
- Samuel Adida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1258-8601)
- Michael R. Kann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6362-2083)
- Steven A. Burton
Institutions
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Neurological Surgery (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgery
- Published
- 2024-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000003182
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.15