Open AccessGiant cell tumor of bone: Is curettage the answer?
Author(s) -
Shishir Rastogi,
I Prashanth,
Shah Alam Khan,
Vivek Trikha,
Ravi Mittal
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.32040
Subject(s) - medicine , curettage , surgery , giant cell tumor of bone , amputation , femur , retrospective cohort study , prosthesis , giant cell , chondroblastoma , pathology
Giant cell tumors (GCT) are neoplasms of mesenchymal stromal cells with varied manifestations. There is no uniform accepted treatment protocol for these tumors,