Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of spinal damage and pathological compression fractures. Iodine-125 (I-125) particles can inhibit the uncontrolled proliferation of tumor cells to achieve anti-tumor effects. We report treating a spinal cord compression and T5 metastatic lung cancer patient through percutaneous vertebroplasty and I-125 seed implantation. Three years of follow-up demonstrated that our surgical plan achieved a satisfactory clinical outcome with good postsurgical recovery of spinal column function and relieved the symptoms of spinal cord compression.

Keywords: neoplasm, metastasis • spine , embryo implantation , bone cement , vertebroplasty