Trends in Musculoskeletal Ablation: Emerging Indications and Techniques

Parvinian A, Ahmad Parvinian, Welch BT, Brian T. Welch, Callstrom MR, Matthew R. Callstrom, Anil N. Kurup, A. Nicholas Kurup
Techniques in Vascular and Interventional Radiology · 2020 · vol. 23(2) , pp. 100678 · doi:10.1016/j.tvir.2020.100678 · PMID:32591190 · W3029811640
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This paper reviews emerging indications and techniques for musculoskeletal ablation, highlighting advancements in the field.

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Image-guided percutaneous thermal ablation plays an increasingly important role in the multidisciplinary management of musculoskeletal lesions. Established indications for ablation in this setting include the treatment of osteoid osteomas, palliation of painful skeletal metastases, local control of oligometastatic disease, and consolidation of bone tumors at risk for fracture. Emerging indications include the treatment of symptomatic soft tissue masses such as extra-abdominal desmoid tumors and abdominal wall endometriosis. This review will discuss considerations in patient selection and preprocedural workup, ablation technology and techniques, strategies to avoid complications, and expected outcomes of ablation in the musculoskeletal system.

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Bone Neoplasms Cryosurgery Electroporation Microwaves Radiofrequency Ablation Soft Tissue Neoplasms Surgery, Computer-Assisted Bone Neoplasms Bone Neoplasms Bone Neoplasms Clinical Decision-Making Cryosurgery Cryosurgery Electroporation Humans Microwaves Microwaves Patient Selection Postoperative Complications Postoperative Complications

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