Open AccessLocal recurrences after curettage and cementing in long bone giant cell tumor
Author(s) -
Kabul C Saikia,
Tulsi Das Bhattacharyya,
Sanjeev Kumar Bhuyan,
Bikas Bordoloi,
Bharat Durgia,
Firoz Ahmed
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.77138
Subject(s) - medicine , curettage , surgery , giant cell tumor of bone , femur , tibia , orthopedic surgery , giant cell , pathology
Giant cell tumor of bone (GCT) is a benign lesion with great propensity for local recurrence. This study aimed to analyse the rates of local recurrence and its possible predisposing factors in Campanacci's Grade III and II GCT of long bones following intralesional curettage and bone cementing.