Cryoablation for Palliative Pain Control of Skeletal Metastases

Metastases to bone are common and often cause pain that is difficult to alleviate Cryoablation offers a potential alternative to conventional therapies for palliative pain control, such as external beam radiation or surgery Cryoablation offers advantages over radiofrequency or microwave ablation because: The procedure can be monitored with CT imaging Multiple cryoprobes can be placed in one treatment session It is associated with less post-procedural pain