STUDY DESIGN: Case report. OBJECTIVE: To avoid @entity528 by using the bipolar radio frequency ablation of @entity5 . SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Radio frequency ablation of tumorous masses is an established procedure and is increasingly used as pain therapy of unresectable spine @entity5 . Ablation of lesions adjacent to vulnerable structures remains a challenging task because flow of current is insufficiently controlled by monopolar probes. Using this technique, a prediction of the induced @entity39 accurate to the millimeter is not feasible. METHODS: Three @entity1 with @entity3 of the spine were treated using the bipolar radio frequency ablation. RESULTS: In all 3 cases collateral damage of neuronal structures could be avoided even though tumorous masses touched the cauda equina or were very close to vulnerable structures, respectively. The induction of @entity39 was predictable to the millimeter. CONCLUSION: Ablation of tumorous masses adjacent to neural structures by bipolar technique, is feasible and predictable. Spinal cord damage can be avoided by exact planning of the induced @entity39 .

Bipolar radio frequency ablation of spinal neoplasms in late stage XXXX : a report of three cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity39 :: ('MESH:D009336', 'Disease') :: ['necrosis'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['spinal tumors', 'tumors'] @entity3 :: ('MESH:D009362', 'Disease') :: ['metastases'] @entity528 :: ('MESH:D009410', 'Disease') :: ['neuronal damage']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['cancer disease']
