03/06/2026
with Dr. Avichala Taxak - "The stent doctor"
โ๏ธ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐
Interventional Oncology is often associated with tumour control, but some of the most meaningful procedures focus on something equally important: improving how patients live.
This 35-year-old woman with metastatic Ewing sarcoma had painful pelvic metastatic deposits involving the p***c symphysis, right obturator externus, left obturator internus, left gemellus muscle.
Despite systemic & loco-regional therapy, she experienced severe pain, was dependent on opioid analgesics, struggled to walk, and was unable to comfortably move her hipโsignificantly affecting her daily life.
Staging PET-CT demonstrated multifocal metastatic disease involving the pelvis, femur, humerus, paraspinal soft tissues, and thigh. Given the extent of metastatic disease, management focused on palliative symptom control and preservation of quality of life.
After consulting our team via teleconsultation, she travelled to us seeking an option that could help alleviate her symptoms and improve daily function.
We performed CT-guided cryoablation using three cryoprobes to target the painful pelvic metastases.
The objective was not cure.
The objective was to reduce pain, improve mobility, and restore quality of life.
At follow-up, she reported significant pain relief, reduced dependence on analgesics, improved sleep, and greater mobility.
This case serves as an important reminder that the goals of treatment should evolve with the patientโs needs. In patients with non-curable malignancy, success is not always measured by tumour eradication. Sometimes the most meaningful outcomes are the ability to move with less pain, sleep through the night, and regain a degree of independence.
โค๏ธโ๐ฉน Not every patient needs a cure. Every patient deserves care.
@ Super Speciality Hospital
