• Massimo De Filippo, Umberto Russo, Vito Roberto Papapietro, Francesco Ceccarelli, Francesco Pogliacomi, Enrico Vaienti, Claudia Piccolo, Raffaella Capasso, Assunta Sica, Fabrizio Cioce, Mattia Carbone, Federico Bruno, Carlo Masciocchi, and Vittorio Miele.
• . umberto.russo1@studenti.unipr.it.
• Acta Biomed. 2018 Jan 19; 89 (1-S): 175-185.

AbstractOsteoid osteoma is a benign bone neoplasm with a reported incidence of 2-3% among all bone primary tumors. Although it is a small and benign lesion, it is often cause of patient complaint and discomfort. It is generally characterized by a long lasting, unremitting pain that typically exacerbates at night, often leading to sleep deprivation and functional limitation of the skeletal segment involved, with a significant reduction of patient daily life activities and consequent worsening of the overall quality of life. Over decades, complete surgical resection has represented the only curative treatment for symptomatic patients. In the last years, new percutaneous ablation techniques, especially radiofrequency ablation, have been reported to be a safe and effective alternative to classical surgery, with a low complication and recurrence rate, and a significant reduction in hospitalization cost and duration. The aim of this article is to provide an overview about the radiofrequency thermal ablation procedure in the treatment of osteoid osteoma.

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