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A Spectrum of Nerve Injury after Thermal Ablation: A Report of Four Cases and Review of the Literature

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Thermal ablation is an accepted alternative for the palliation of pain from bone metastases. Although rare, neurologic complications after thermal ablation have been reported. We present four cases, including two cases of rapid reversal of postcryoablation neurapraxia after the administration of steroid therapy, and review the literature.

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  1. The University of Texas Medical School, 6431 Fannin Street, Suite MSB 1.150, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Asher Philip

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 1471, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Sanjay Gupta, Kamran Ahrar & Alda L. Tam

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Philip, A., Gupta, S., Ahrar, K. et al. A Spectrum of Nerve Injury after Thermal Ablation: A Report of Four Cases and Review of the Literature. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 36, 1427–1435 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-012-0491-0

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