Open AccessGamma Probe Localization in the Surgical Treatment of Osteoid Osteoma
Author(s) -
Jukka Kettunen,
E. Antero Mäkelä,
Tarja Kauppinen
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.774
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1799-7267
pISSN - 1457-4969
DOI - 10.1177/145749690309200311
Subject(s) - osteoid osteoma , medicine , lesion , osteoid , radiology , surgical excision , gamma probe , osteoma , surgery , pathology , cancer , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer
Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor typically inducing night pain. It has traditionally been treated with operative excision. An accurate localization and complete removal of the small lesion is difficult resulting in high recurrence rate and reoperations.
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