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Adjuvant arterial embolization in the treatment of benign primary bone tumors in children.
- Source :
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Clinical orthopaedics and related research [Clin Orthop Relat Res] 1979 Mar-Apr (139), pp. 133-41. - Publication Year :
- 1979
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Abstract
- This report presents an initial clinical experience with arterial embolization as adjuvent therapy in the surgical treatment of selected benign primary bone tumors in childhood. Embolization was dramatically effective in 4 children with spinal or pelvic vascular tumors. This technique facilitated local surgical resection and/or curettage. No child had evidence of local recurrence. Three of the 4 children had spinal cord or nerve root compression resulting in various degrees of paralysis prior to surgery. All treated patients had complete recovery from their paralysis. There were no complications of embolization or surgery. The treatment of benign primary bone tumors of the spine and pelvis is immeasurably improved by the adjuvant arterial embolization procedure. The immediate surgical treatment of these difficult tumors now becomes feasible with the greatly diminished blood flow resulting from embolization.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Aneurysm therapy
Bone Cysts blood supply
Bone Cysts therapy
Bone Neoplasms blood supply
Child
Chondroma blood supply
Chondroma therapy
Female
Giant Cell Tumors blood supply
Giant Cell Tumors therapy
Humans
Ischium blood supply
Male
Osteoma, Osteoid blood supply
Osteoma, Osteoid therapy
Spine blood supply
Bone Neoplasms therapy
Embolization, Therapeutic
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0009-921X
- Issue :
- 139
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical orthopaedics and related research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 455830