BACKGROUND: Giant cell tumor of bone is benign but locally aggressive @entity5 with a tendency for local recurrence. Although various treatment options have been utilized and reported, it remains a difficult therapeutic problem for the orthopedic surgeon. METHODS: We reviewed the results of the treatment of @entity2968 in 27 @entity1 . Eleven @entity1 were treated with extended curettage and burring then packing with cement, while 16 @entity1 had wide resection and reconstruction. RESULTS: At an average of 50 months after surgery, the recurrence rate of curettage was 27% and that of wide resection was 6.25%. Two of the three @entity1 who had a recurrence after curettage were treated by a secondary curettage procedure and were later free of disease. Overall, the local control rate after second curettage and packing with cement was 90.9%. There was no @entity281 in the curettage group but @entity281 occurred in 3 @entity1 of the resection group. Eight @entity1 in the curettage group (80%) had an excellent functional result but only 2 @entity1 in the resection group (13%) achieved an excellent result. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that either curettage and packing with cement or wide resection are effective in treatment of @entity2968 . There is, however, a better functional result after curettage and packing with cement than following wide resection. We recommend curettage and cement packing for @entity2968 whenever it is technically feasible.

Treatment of XXXX : a comparison of local curettage and wide resection.

@entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['neoplasm'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection'] @entity2968 :: ('MESH:D018212', 'Disease') :: ['giant cell tumor of bone']
@entity2968 :: (MESH:D018212,Disease) :: ['giant cell tumor of bone']
