Ten percent of all @entity10545 are located in the spine; they represent the most common cause of @entity158 in adolescents. The recommended treatment is surgical excision of the nidus. Nine @entity1 with @entity10545 of the spine underwent surgical treatment between 1996 and 2002. Complete nidus removal was performed in all @entity1 and the diagnosis was made by frozen sections intraoperatively. The follow-up period was 27 months. @entity1635 was present in five of the cases (55.5%). All deformities improved during the postoperative follow-up period. All nine @entity1 with the diagnosis of @entity10545 who had operations had histological confirmation. All @entity1 had immediate and complete relief of @entity158 after surgery. There were no complications and no local recurrences after a follow-up of two years. In the authors' opinion, removal of the nidus by open surgical technique remains a valid method of treatment for @entity10545 of the spine.

Results of surgical treatment of XXXX of the spine.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['painful scoliosis', 'pain'] @entity1635 :: ('MESH:D012600', 'Disease') :: ['Scoliosis'] @entity10545 :: ('MESH:D010017', 'Disease') :: ['osteoid osteoma', 'osteoid osteomas']
@entity10545 :: (MESH:D010017,Disease) :: ['osteoid osteoma']
