title: Osteoid osteoma: the results of surgical treatment.
abstract: Between 1987 and 1999 we diagnosed and treated 110 patients with osteoid osteoma. Sixty patients were younger than 20 years. One hundred and four patients had characteristic pain at night. The mean duration of symptoms before surgery was 16 months. One hundred and four symptomatic patients were treated operatively with either wide resection or curettage. Ninety-one patients had immediate and complete relief of pain. The average follow-up was 2.5 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Trauma, Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey. yyildiz@isbank.net.tr
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bayrakci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altay
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saglik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome