Does RFA have a role in the treatment plan of small painful benign tumors of bone? /
الدور التداخلى للتردد الحرارى فى علاج اورام العظام الحميدة
Ahmed Hosni Kamel ; Supervised Hazem Mohamed Moguib Moharram , Walid Ebeid , Amr Abdelfattah Nassef
- Cairo : Ahmed Hosni Kamel , 2010
- 183P. : facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis
Radiofrequency ablation of osteoid osteoma is a highly effective efficient minimally invasive and safe method of treating osteoid osteoma . The scientific peer - reviewed literature supports the treatment of osteoid osteoma with radiofrequency ablation (RFA ) . RFA provides outcomes comparable to those of surgical excision with destruction of the tumor nidus and relief of symptoms in 70 - 100% of patients