Role of vertebral augmentation procedures in the management of vertebral compression fractures in cancer patients.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Role of vertebral augmentation procedures in the management of vertebral compression fractures in cancer patients.

AU - Aghayev, Kamran

AU - Papanastassiou, Ioannis D.

AU - Vrionis, Frank

N1 - Purpose of review: To review the current status of vertebral augmentation procedures (VAPs) in the management of symptomatic vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) in cancer patients. Recent findings: The natural history of VCFs in the cancer setting is presumably different from the one seen with osteoporotic fractures.

PY - 2011/9/1

Y1 - 2011/9/1

UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21734582

U2 - 10.1097/SPC.0B013E328349652D

DO - 10.1097/SPC.0B013E328349652D

M3 - Article

VL - 5

JO - Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

JF - Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

ER -