Dear Editor in Chief,<\/p>\n
We thank Zhu H et al for their very relevant comments on our article entitled \u201cReinforced cementoplasty for pelvic tumour lesions and pelvic traumatic fractures: preliminary experience\u201d [1].<\/p>\n
First, it appears that Zhu H et al did not understand the difference between cementoplasty and reinforced cementoplasty (RC). The principle of RC is clearly explained in the Introduction section: \u201cReinforced cementoplasty is a minimally invasive technique that combines the use of dedicated pins inserted percutaneously into the bony lesion via a bone needle, followed by the injection of bone cement\u201d. Additionally, we already published a previous case series, which is cited in the article, describing extensively this technique [2].<\/p>\n
Second, it appeared to us meaningful to include the three patients who underwent a RC after failed regular cementoplasty, since RC may be an alternative to cementoplasty.<\/p>\n
Third, we agree with the fact that patients having received additional treatments such as radiotherapy and\/or chemotherapy may carry a bias. However, subgroup analysis appeared to us not suitable due to the small population sample. We also agree with the fact that the clinical outcome being self-adjudicated by the operator may bring a bias. This is unfortunately one of the drawbacks inherent to retrospective case series.<\/p>\n
Finally, the 3-month clinical outcome for visual analogue scale and ECOG evaluation were not available.<\/p>\n
We thank again Zhu et al for their very pertinent critical analysis of our article that helped us to enhance its quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dear Editor in Chief, We thank Zhu H et al for their very relevant comments on our article entitled \u201cReinforced cementoplasty for pelvic tumour lesions and pelvic traumatic fractures: preliminary experience\u201d [1]. First, it appears that Zhu H et al did not understand the difference between cementoplasty and reinforced cementoplasty (RC). The principle of RC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n