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SUBMITTER: Denker JA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5262517 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Denker Jacques A JA Fritts Hollis M HM Stone Rebecca M RM Larson Christopher M CM
Arthroscopy techniques 20161024 6
Minimally invasive percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) techniques are the standard of care for treating simple osteoid osteomas (OOs). Historically, OOs were treated with open en bloc resection or curettage of the nidus. RFA procedures have been linked to soft-tissue complications of varying severity. In addition, RFA may be a poor choice for periarticular OOs because of the potential for procedure-related articular cartilage damage. Hip arthroscopy is a widely accepted approach for the t ...[more]