Effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with multiple myeloma having vertebral pain
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Interventional Radiology - Original Article
P: 263-268
May 2016

Effectiveness of percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with multiple myeloma having vertebral pain

Diagn Interv Radiol 2016;22(3):263-268
1. Department of Radiology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa
2. Department of Radiology, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University School of Medicine, Rize
3. Department of Radiology, Düzce University School of Medicine, Düzce
4. Department of Biostatistics, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa
5. Department of Hematology, Uludağ University School of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey
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Received Date: 22.05.2015
Accepted Date: 07.09.2015
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ABSTRACT

PURPOSE

We aimed to assess the effectiveness, benefits, and reliability of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PV) in patients with vertebral involvement of multiple myeloma.

METHODS

PV procedures performed on 166 vertebrae of 41 patients with multiple myeloma were retrospectively evaluated. Most of our patients were using level 3 (moderate to severe pain) analgesics. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed before the procedure to assess vertebral involvement of multiple myeloma. The following variables were evaluated: affected vertebral levels, loss of vertebral body height, polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) cement amount applied to the vertebral body during PV, PMMA cement leakages, and pain before and after PV as assessed by a visual analogue scale (VAS).

RESULTS

Median VAS scores of patients decreased from 9 one day before PV, to 6 one day after the procedure, to 3 one week after the procedure, and eventually to 1 three months after the procedure (P < 0.001). During the PV procedure, cement leakage was observed at 68 vertebral levels (41%). The median value of PMMA applied to the vertebral body was 6 mL.

CONCLUSION

Being a minimally invasive and easily performed procedure with low complication rates, PV should be preferred for serious back pain of multiple myeloma patients.