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Abstract
suffering metastatic bone deposits, which in turn can be very painful, debilitating and crippling, let alone their negative impact on daily life activities, undermining the whole quality of life for affected individuals. With the wide range of available treatment options, comes wide possible drawbacks for each type of treatment.
In our study we aim at assessing the safety and efficacy of thermal ablation guided by imaging tools to treat painful bony metastasis and hopefully providing better overall quality of life. Patients and methods: 12 patients underwent thermal ablation, 10 underwent RF ablation and 2 underwent microwave ablation, follow up was done at baseline, at 24 hours, 1, 2 and weeks as well as 1, 2 and months post-treatment. Pain scores were calculated at each point and compared in correlation to the treatment received.
Results: At baseline, mean pain scores were around 9. At 3rd month post-treatment follow up the median value became 2, with a significant p value of about 0.003. Conclusion: radiofrequency/microwave
ablationhave statistically significant effect in pain reduction hence, quality of life in treatment of patients with metastatic bone tumors.