Sclerotherapy comparable to conventional curettage and bone grafting for aneurysmal bone cyst

Researchers from a recent study have found out that percutaneous sclerotherapy using polidocanol is a highly effective, cost efficient and safe treatment option with good cosmesis and reduced morbidity when compared to the conventional curettage and bone grafting procedure.
The study is published in the Journal of Orthopaedics.
The standard treatment of Aneurysmal bone cyst is curettage and grafting and is associated with high morbidity. Hence minimal invasive alternative treatment methods such as sclerotherapy are gaining much popularity. Though sclerotherapy has been attributed to reasonable cure rates, undetermined tissue diagnosis often impedes with initiation of treatment.
Therefore, Dominic Puthoor and associates from the Orthopaedic Oncologist, Professor and Head, Dept. of Orthopaedics, Amala Institute of Medical Sciences, India carried out this research to examine if sclerotherapy with polidocanol based on clinic-radiological picture is comparable with the standard intralesional curettage and bone grafting. Attempting biopsy and treatment simultaneously based on the clinico-radiological presentation makes this study unique.
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