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Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 1997; 1(2): 297-300
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1080151
Percutaneous Treatment of Bone Tumors

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Percutaneous Acetabular Osteoplasty

Anne Cotten, Patrick Chastanet, Nathalie Boutry
  • Service de Radiologie Ostéo-Articulaire, Hôpital R. Salengro (CHRU), Cédex, France
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18 June 2008 (online)

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ABSTRACT

Percutaneous acetabular osteoplasty is a radiological interventional procedure consisting of the injection of methylmethacrylate into osteolytic metastases and myeloma of the acetabular roof. This injection allows rapid pain relief and walking improvement in most cases. However, this is a palliative procedure and only to patients who cannot undergo surgery, and must be offered in association with radiotherapy. Associated osteolysis of the acetabular fossa, favoring the risk of acetabular protrusion, may limit the benefits of the technique. Ethanol injection may represent an alternative treatment in cases of extensive bone destruction or of osteolysis not located in the weight-bearing part of the acetabulum.

KEYWORDS

Hip - therapeutic radiology - interventional procedure - myeloma - neoplasms - metastasis