Cryosurgical treatment of aneurysmal bone cysts
β Scribed by Dr. Harry B. Oeseburg; Carl W. L. Rogge; Heimen Schraffordt Koops; Jan Oldhoff
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 755 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
An aneurysmal bone cyst is a benign, locally aggressive bone process which frequently recurs after excochleation. Excochleation can be extended without loss of bone tissue by making use of cryosurgery. This combined technique was used in the treatment of 5 patients, without complications. None of the patients described had a demonstrable recurrence 12β60 (average 35) months after this combined therapy.
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Twenty-three cases of pelvic aneurysmal bone cysts treated at the Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli were reviewed after a mean follow-up of 7 years. Eighteen cysts involved the anterior arch, four extended into the iliac wing and the anterior arch, and one invaded the entire hemipelvis. The acetabulum was
Twenty cases of aneurysmal bone cyst were reviewed, with an average follow-up of 10.3 years. Twelve patients still had open growth plates at diagnosis, but all of them were fully grown at follow-up. The treatments performed were: resection of the cyst or of the whole affected bone, curettage, and cu