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Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteoma.
Clinical Orthopaedics and related Research 2000 April
Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor. Patients usually require surgical treatment for reliable pain relief. Difficulties with intraoperative localization of the tumor and anatomic locations that carry a high morbidity with en bloc resection complicate open surgery. Various methods have been developed to lessen the invasiveness of surgery including computed tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation. Eleven patients in three different centers were evaluated and diagnosed with osteoid osteoma based on typical histories, physical examinations, and imaging studies. All patients were treated with computed tomography-guided percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation after medical treatment failed. Excellent pain relief was reported in 10 patients. One patient suffered recurrence of a femoral neck lesion despite an initial 7-month period without pain. Patients were given a questionnaire to quantify the effectiveness of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation in terms of pain relief and return to function. The current study shows that percutaneous radiofrequency thermal ablation provides reliable, excellent pain relief and early return to function with minimal morbidity as compared with traditional open techniques. The authors suggest that this technique be used for all patients with extraspinal osteoid osteomas that are not immediately adjacent to neurovascular structures.
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