Simple bone cysts treated with aspiration and a single bone marrow injection. A preliminary report.
The results of a single percutaneous aspiration and injection of marrow into active, simple bone cysts are reported in 8 cases. Slow regression of the cyst was consistently observed except in one lesion in the distal tibia. All the patients have been free of symptoms after this treatment after a mean follow up of 31 months. The evolution of the cysts was monitored by a cyst index, cyst diameter measurements and computer assisted densitometric image analysis of serial radiographs.
Delloye
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Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologie, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Docquier
P L
PL
Cornu
O
O
Poilvache
P
P
Peters
M
M
Woitrin
B
B
Rombouts
J J
JJ
De Nayer
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P
D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013396:Suction; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous