Background: This study aimed to explore the use of percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) plus radiotherapy in patients with bone metastases. However, percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) combined with intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) has been rarely reported in the treatment of spinal metastases.
Methods: The effectiveness and feasibility of this procedure were initially observed in this paper. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical characteristics of 7 patients with spinal metastasis. They were all treated with PVP, followed by IMRT (6 MV-X linear at a dose of 40-60 Gy) for 4-6 weeks. All patients achieved technical success with PVP, and all successfully completed the IMRT program without serious complications or discomfort.
Results: After the initial exploration of PVP combined with IMRT in our tumor center, the patients' pain was alleviated, and no pain aggravation or fracture was found. The short-term effect was significant.
Conclusions: PVP combined with IMRT seems to be an effective way to improve the quality of life of patients with spinal metastasis of tumor, and the curative effect is definite, which can be further popularized in clinical practice.