Radiofrequency Ablation for the Palliative Treatment of Bone Metastases: Outcomes from the Multicenter OsteoCool Tumor Ablation Post-Market Study (OPuS One Study) in 100 Patients

• Published in: Journal of vascular and interventional radiology Vol. 31; no. 11; pp. 1745 - 1752
• Main Authors: Levy, Jason, Hopkins, Thomas, Morris, Jonathan, Tran, Nam D., David, Elizabeth, Massari, Francesco, Farid, Hamed, Vogel, Alexander, O’Connell, William G., Sunenshine, Peter, Dixon, Robert, Gangi, Afshin, von der Höh, Nicolas, Bagla, Sandeep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.11.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Automatic; Engineering Sciences; BPI; AE; PMMA; RF

To evaluate the effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) ablation as measured by change in worst pain score from baseline to 3 mo after RF ablation for the palliative treatment of painful bone metastases. One hundred patients (mean age, 64.6 y) underwent RF ablation for metastatic bone disease and were...