PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Georgy, B.A.
TI  - Metastatic Spinal Lesions: State-of-the-Art Treatment Options and Future Trends
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A1137
DP  - 2008 Oct 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1605--1611
VI  - 29
IP  - 9
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/9/1605.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/29/9/1605.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2008 Oct 01; 29
AB  - SUMMARY: The purpose of this article is to review the current state of the art for treating symptomatic spinal fractures associated with malignant lesions and to present potential future trends in treatments for this patient population. Epidemiology, clinical presentation, and biomechanical ramifications of these lesions are summarized and treatment regimes, clinical outcomes, and complications and technical issues associated with treatments are presented. Potential future trends and new technologies for performing vertebral body augmentation in patients with metastatic spinal lesions are also discussed.