Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for osteoid osteoma: Experience with a new treatment

Abstract

Objective: To review our experience with percutaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) for osteoid osteoma. Participants, design and setting: R etrospective review of 24 patients with osteoid osteoma treated with percutaneous RFA at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, from August 2000 to February 2005. Main outcome me asures: Initial response to treatment, return of symptoms, time to recurrence, complications and histopathological correlation. Results: In 23 of 24 patients, there was immediate relief of symptoms. One-third of patients had a return of symptoms. The 24 patients underwent a total of 32 RFA procedures. Of the eight patients who had a recurrence, five had an initial lesion ≥ 10 mm in ..