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(2) Methods: from July 2017 to October 2022, twenty-eight patients (13 women and 15 men; mean age 68 \u00b1 11 years) with a history of primary neoplasm and thirty-six painful vertebral metastases with vertebral compression fracture underwent combined MWA and bilateral expandable titanium SpineJack implants with vertebroplasty. We analyzed safety through complications rate, and efficacy through vertebral height restoration and pain decrease, evaluated using a visual analogue scale (VAS), and Functional Mobility Scale (FMS), and local tumor control. Contrast-enhanced CT scans were performed at 1, 3, and 6 months and a contrast-enhanced spine MRI at 6 months after the procedure. (3) Results: Technical success rate was 100%. No procedure-related major complications or death occurred. Vertebral height restoration was observed in 22 levels (58%), with a mean anterior height restoration of 2.6 mm \u00b1 0.6 and a mean middle height restoration of 4.4 mm \u00b1 0.6 (p &lt; 0.001). Mean VAS score of pain evaluation on the day before treatment was 6.3 \u00b1 1.5 (range 4\u20139). At the 6-month evaluation, the median VAS score for pain was 0.4 \u00b1 0.6 (range 0\u20132) with a mean reduction of 93.65% (6.8 \u00b1 0.7 vs. 0.4 \u00b1 0.6; p &lt; 0.000) compared with baseline evaluation. Contrast-enhanced CT scans were performed at 1, 3, and 6 months and a contrast-enhanced spine MRI was performed at 6 months after the procedure, showing no local recurrence, implant displacement, or new fractures in the treated site. (4) Conclusions: combined microwave ablation and bilateral expandable titanium SpineJack implants with vertebroplasty is a safe and effective procedure for the treatment of pathological compressive vertebral fractures. The vertebral stabilization achieved early and persistent pain relief, increasing patient mobility, improving recovery of walking capacity, and providing local tumor control.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12134178","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,22]],"date-time":"2023-06-22T02:09:17Z","timestamp":1687399757000},"page":"4178","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Percutaneous Vertebral Reconstruction (PVR) Technique of Pathological Compression Fractures: An Innovative Combined Treatment of Microwave Ablation, Bilateral Expandable Titanium SpineJack Implants Followed by Vertebroplasty"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3029-990X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudio","family":"Pusceddu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oncological and Interventional Radiology, Businco Hospital, 09121 Cagliari, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9252-3623","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Salvatore","family":"Marsico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, 08003 Barcelona, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Daniele","family":"Derudas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hematology, Businco Hospital, 09121 Cagliari, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicola","family":"Ballicu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oncological and Interventional Radiology, Businco Hospital, 09121 Cagliari, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luca","family":"Melis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Nuclear Medicine Department, Businco Hospital, 09121 Cagliari, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Zedda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oncological and Interventional Radiology, Businco Hospital, 09121 Cagliari, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlo","family":"de Felice","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 105, 00161 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alessandro","family":"Calabrese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale del Policlinico, 105, 00161 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Davide","family":"De Francesco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Massimo","family":"Venturini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, Circolo Hospital, ASST Sette Laghi, 21100 Varese, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Medicine and Surgery, Insubria University, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Domiziana","family":"Santucci","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eliodoro","family":"Faiella","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Roma, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"28","DOI":"10.1016\/S0093-7754(01)90229-5","article-title":"Bone metastases: Approaches to management","volume":"28","author":"Janjan","year":"2001","journal-title":"Semin. 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