title: Medical management compared with operative treatment for osteoid-osteoma.
abstract: Twenty-four patients were evaluated and diagnosed, between August 1975 and July 1989, as having probable osteoid-osteoma. Fifteen patients had operative treatment (twelve immediate and three delayed); all fifteen had complete relief of pain. The remaining nine patients were treated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications; all nine had complete relief of pain, and six had resolution of the symptoms without using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, after an average of thirty-three months (range, thirty to forty months) of treatment. Thus, long-term administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can often be as effective as excision for the treatment of osteoid-osteoma, without the morbidity that is associated with the operation, especially in patients in whom operative treatment would be complex or might lead to disability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kneisl
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage