1. Complications of Percutaneous Bone Tumor Cryoablation: A 10-year Experience
Bone tumor cryoablation had a major complication rate of a 2.5%.
The most frequent major complication of bone tumor cryoablation was secondary fracture, occurring in approximately 1.2% of patients.
Major complications were seven times more likely to occur in older patients (>70 years) and over 20 times more likely when more than three cryoprobes are used.
Auloge P et al.
 Published Online: Feb 26,
76-year-old man with a history of esophageal cancer show cryo-ablation of an iliac wing metastasis.