Nicola Ballicu

ScholarGPS® ID: 11477962713688

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University of Cagliari, CagliariMonserratoIglesiasNuoroOristano, Italy

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Medicine

Discipline

Radiology

Top Specialties

Ablation | Bone Metastasis

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Percutaneous Vertebral Reconstruction (PVR) Technique of Pathological Compression Fractures: An Innovative Combined Treatment of Microwave Ablation, Bilateral Expandable Titanium SpineJack Implants Followed by Vertebroplasty (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Marsico, Salvatore \| Derudas, Daniele \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Melis, Luca \| Zedda, Stefano \| de Felice, Carlo \| Calabrese, Alessandro \| De Francesco, Davide \| Venturini, Massimo \| ... \| Faiella, Eliodoro Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 12, issue 13, pages 4178- (2023). 10.3390/jcm12134178 Cited by (2) \| Cite \| Source
Re-expansion of vertebral compression fractures in patients with multiple myeloma with percutaneous vertebroplasty using spinejack implants: a preliminary and retrospective study (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Faiella, Eliodoro \| Derudas, Daniele \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Melis, Luca \| Zedda, Stefano \| Marsico, Salvatore Frontiers in Surgery, volume 10 (2023). 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1121981 Cited by (3) \| Cite \| Source
Clinical Rationale of Using Steerable Technologies for Radiofrequency Ablation Followed by Cavity Creation and Cement Augmentation in the Treatment of Painful Spinal Metastases (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Marsico, Salvatore \| Derudas, Daniele \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Melis, Luca \| Zedda, Stefano \| De Felice, Carlo \| Calabrese, Alessandro \| Santucci, Domiziana \| Faiella, Eliodoro Current Oncology, volume 30, issue 4, pages 4257-4268 (2023). 10.3390/curroncol30040324 Cited by (2) \| Cite \| Source
Percutaneous CT-Guided Microwave Ablation Combined with Pedicle Screw Fixation Followed by Vertebroplasty (MASFVA): Initial Experience of a Minimally Invasive Treatment of Vertebral Metastases with Extension to the Vertebral Pedicle (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Marsico, Salvatore \| Derudas, Daniele \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Melis, Luca \| de Felice, Carlo \| Calabrese, Alessandro \| Santucci, Domiziana \| Faiella, Eliodoro Current Oncology, volume 30, issue 2, pages 1663-1672 (2023). 10.3390/curroncol30020127 Cited by (2) \| Cite \| Source
Safety and Feasibility of Steerable Radiofrequency Ablation in Combination with Cementoplasty for the Treatment of Large Extraspinal Bone Metastases (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| De Francesco, Davide \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Santucci, Domiziana \| Marsico, Salvatore \| Venturini, Massimo \| Fior, Davide \| Moramarco, Lorenzo Paolo \| Faiella, Eliodoro Current Oncology, volume 29, issue 8, pages 5891-5900 (2022). 10.3390/curroncol29080465 Cited by (6) \| Cite \| Source
The Increasing Role of CT-Guided Cryoablation for the Treatment of Liver Cancer: A Single-Center Report (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Mascia, Luigi \| Ninniri, Chiara \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Zedda, Stefano \| Melis, Luca \| Deiana, Giulia \| Porcu, Alberto \| Fancellu, Alessandro Cancers, volume 14, issue 12, pages 3018- (2022). 10.3390/cancers14123018 Cited by (10) \| Cite \| Source
The Role of a Navigational Radiofrequency Ablation Device and Concurrent Vertebral Augmentation for Treatment of Difficult-to-Reach Spinal Metastases (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| De Francesco, Davide \| Melis, Luca \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Fancellu, Alessandro Current Oncology, volume 28, issue 5, pages 4004-4015 (2021). 10.3390/curroncol28050340 Cited by (11) \| Cite \| Source
Combined Microwave Ablation and Osteosynthesis for Long Bone Metastases (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Dessì, Giuseppe \| Melis, Luca \| Fancellu, Alessandro \| Ruggiu, Giuseppe \| Sailis, Paolo \| Congia, Stefano \| Derudas, Daniele \| Cau, Riccardo \| Senis, Ignazio \| ... \| Saba, Luca Medicina, volume 57, issue 8, pages 825- (2021). 10.3390/medicina57080825 Cited by (2) \| Cite \| Source
The role of cryoablation in patients with metastatic breast cancer at the time of presentation (journal article) Fancellu, A. \| Melis, L. \| Ballicu, N. \| Meloni, P. \| Sanna, V. \| Porcu, A. \| Pusceddu, C. European Journal of Cancer, volume 138 (2020). 10.1016/S0959-8049(20)30652-3 Cite \| Source
Percutaneous Microwave Ablation Under CT Guidance for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Single Institutional Experience (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Melis, Luca \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Sotgia, Barbara \| Melis, Marcovalerio \| Sanna, Valeria \| Meloni, Giovanni Battista \| Porcu, Alberto \| Fancellu, Alessandro Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, volume 49, issue 3, pages 295-301 (2018). 10.1007/s12029-017-9951-8 Cited by (13) \| Cite \| Source
CT-guided percutaneous screw fixation plus cementoplasty in the treatment of painful bone metastases with fractures or a high risk of pathological fracture (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Fancellu, Alessandro \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Fele, Rosa Maria \| Sotgia, Barbara \| Melis, Luca Skeletal Radiology, volume 46, issue 4, pages 539-545 (2017). 10.1007/s00256-017-2584-y Cited by (29) \| Cite \| Source
Cryoablation of Primary Breast Cancer in Patients with Metastatic Disease: Considerations Arising from a Single-Centre Data Analysis (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Melis, Luca \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Meloni, Paolo \| Sanna, Valeria \| Porcu, Alberto \| Fancellu, Alessandro BioMed Research International, volume 2017 (2017). 10.1155/2017/3839012 Cited by (18) \| Cite \| Source \| Open Access
Computed Tomography-Guided SCREW Fixation PLUS Cementoplasty in Myeloma Patients (journal article) Derudas, Daniele \| Pusceddu, Claudio \| Pilo, Federica \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Melis, Luca \| Angelucci, Emanuele Blood, volume 128, issue 22, pages 5971-5971 (2016). 10.1182/blood.V128.22.5971.5971 Cite \| Source
Combined microwave ablation and percutaneous screws fixation plus cementoplasty in the treatment of painful bone metastases. (journal article) Pusceddu, C. \| Melis, L. \| Ballicu, N. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, volume 27, issue 3, pages S261- (2016). 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.665 Cited by (1) \| Cite \| Source
Combined Microwave Ablation and Cementoplasty in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases at High Risk of Fracture (journal article) Pusceddu, Claudio \| Sotgia, Barbara \| Fele, Rosa Maria \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Melis, Luca CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology, volume 39, issue 1, pages 74-80 (2016). 10.1007/s00270-015-1151-y Cited by (82) \| Cite \| Source
Pelvic Floor Failure: MR Imaging Evaluation of Anatomic and Functional Abnormalities (journal article) Bitti, Grazia T. \| Argiolas, Giovanni M. \| Ballicu, Nicola \| Caddeo, Elisabetta \| Cecconi, Martina \| Demurtas, Giovanna \| Matta, Gildo \| Peltz, M. Teresa \| Secci, Simona \| Siotto, Paolo RadioGraphics, volume 34, issue 2, pages 429-448 (2014). 10.1148/rg.342125050 Cited by (76) \| Cite \| Source