title: Intraoperative, probe-guided curettage of osteoid osteoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hillmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lottes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sciuk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bartenstein
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Winkelmann
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Schober
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013669:Technetium Tc 99m Medronate