Intraoperative, probe-guided curettage of osteoid osteoma.
The only curative approach for osteoid osteoma is operative removal of the nidus, but intraoperative detection of the nidus is difficult even when an X-ray amplifier is used. A simple probe-guided operative procedure using technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate is described, and the results and follow-up in 12 patients are reported. In addition physical properties of the probe have been evaluated by phantom measurements.
Kirchner
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Department of Nuclear Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
Hillmann
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Lottes
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Sciuk
J
J
Bartenstein
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Winkelmann
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W
Schober
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O
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003475:Curettage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008961:Models, Structural; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate
D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate