Symptoms of @entity10545 are cured by removing the nidus. 'En-bloc' resection is often not successful because the nidus is hard to find and remove totally. Recently, minimally invasive procedures have been advocated for the resection of @entity10545 . Preceding investigators have used a set of special instruments. The nidus is best localized with computed tomography (CT). Surgery under CT control is only possible with minimal invasive procedures. A technique using standard equipment usually available in the operating room can be used successfully for CT-guided removal of the nidus. We report our preliminary results with 17 @entity1 (12 @entity1 , 5 @entity1 ) with an average age of 22 years (range 6-57 years). All @entity1 were @entity158 -free immediately after the operation. The average follow-up was 8.4 months (range 1-22 months) and the average operating time 75 min (range 50-130 min). Ten @entity1 could be treated as outpatients. The average time in hospital after surgery was 1.5 days (range 1-3 days). There were two complications, one @entity2737 and one change of operative technique to an open procedure due to a technical problem. The diagnosis could be confirmed histologically.

XXXX : technique of computed tomography-controlled percutaneous resection using standard equipment available in most orthopaedic operating rooms.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity10545 :: ('MESH:D010017', 'Disease') :: ['osteoid osteoma'] @entity2737 :: ('MESH:D014946', 'Disease') :: ['superficial wound infection']
@entity10545 :: (MESH:D010017,Disease) :: ['Osteoid osteoma']
