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| Percutaneous osteoplasty for the treatment of acetabular bone metastases |
| YANG Guang-yuan |
| Department of Radiology, Fangxian People’s Hospital, Shiyan Hubei 442100, China |
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Abstract Objective: To explore the treatment of acetabular bone metastases by osteoplasty. Methods: The treatment methods, therapeutic effect and complications of osteoplasty of 12 cases with acetabular bone metastases were retrospectively analyzed. Result: The success rate of operation was 100%. The total effective rate of pain relief attained to 100% and the score of pain dropped to (4.1±2.1) at 1 week after operation. The average score of pain was (3.1±1.2), (2.0±1.4), (1.8±1.7) respectively at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after operation. There were significant differences in the score of pain between preoperative and postoperative 24 hours, postoperative 1 week and 1 month and postoperative 1 month and 3 months(P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the score of pain between postoperative 3 months and 6 months(P＝0.241). The average score of ability to walk was(0.75±0.72) and (1.9±0.5) at preoperation and 1 week after operation. The average score of ability to walk was (2.5±0.63), (2.7±0.71), (3.0±0.5) at 1 month, 3 months and 6 months after operation, respectively, and there was no significantly different among them(P>0.05). It could effectively stop, reduce and downgrade the use of analgesics. One case was with both lower limbs thrombophlebitis. Conclusion: Osteoplasty is easy to operate and fine security performance, has certain effect to treat acetabular metastases, and which can relieve pain, improve the function of joints and the quality of living.
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Received: 15 January 2015
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2015, Vol. 26 
