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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVII | Pages 186 - 186
1 Sep 2012
Ruggieri P Mavrogenis A Rossi G Rimondi E Angelini A Ussia G Mercuri M
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Aim

To present selective arterial embolization with N-2-butyl Cyanoacrylate for the palliative and/or adjuvant treatment of painful bone metastases not primarily amenable to surgery.

Material and Methods

From January 2003 to December 2009, 243 patients (148 men and 95 women; age range, 20–87 years) with painful bone metastases were treated with N-2-butyl Cyanoacrylate. Overall, 309 embolizations were performed; 56 patients had more than one embolization. Embolizations were performed in the pelvis (168 procedures), in the spine (83 procedures), in the upper limb (13 procedures), in the lower limb (38 procedures) and in the thoracic cage (21 procedures). Primary cancer included urogenital, breast, gastrointestinal, thyroid, lung, musculoskeletal, skin, nerve and unknown origin. Renal cell carcinoma was the most commonly treated tumor. In all patients, selective embolization was performed by transfemoral catheterization.


Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XIV | Pages 19 - 19
1 Apr 2012
Ruggieri P Rossi G Mavrogenis A Ussia G Angelini A Rimondi E Mercuri M
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Aim

To present selective arterial embolization with N-2-butyl Cyanoacrylate for the palliative and/or adjuvant treatment of painful bone metastases not primarily amenable to surgery.

Material and Methods

From January 2003 to December 2009, 243 patients (148 men and 95 women; age range, 20-87 years) with painful bone metastases were treated with N-2-butyl Cyanoacrylate. Overall, 309 embolizations were performed;

56 patients had more than one embolization. Embolizations were performed in the pelvis (168 procedures), in the spine (83 procedures), in the upper limb (13 procedures), in the lower limb (38 procedures) and in the thoracic cage (21 procedures). Primary cancer included urogenital, breast, gastrointestinal, thyroid, lung, musculoskeletal, skin, nerve and unknown origin.

Renal cell carcinoma was the most commonly treated tumour. In all patients, selective embolization was performed by transfemoral catheterization.