A patient with lung cancer metastatic to the fifth thoracic vertebra and spinal cord compression treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty and I-125 seed implantation.

Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a minimally invasive surgical technique for the treatment of spinal damage and pathological compression fractures. Iodine-125 (I-125) particles can inhibit the uncontrolled proliferation of tumor cells to achieve anti-tumor effects. We report treating a spinal cord compression and T5 metastatic lung cancer patient through percutaneous vertebroplasty and I-125 seed implantation. Three years of follow-up demonstrated that our surgical plan achieved a satisfactory clinical outcome with good postsurgical recovery of spinal column function and relieved the symptoms of spinal cord compression.

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