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Intraoperative, probe-guided curettage of osteoid osteoma

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The only curative approach for osteoid osteoma is operative removal of the nidus, but intraoperative detection of the nidus is difficult even when an X-ray amplifier is used. A simple probe-guided operative procedure using technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate is described, and the results and follow-up in 12 patients are reported. In addition physical properties of the probe have been evaluated by phantom measurements.

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, W-4400, Munster, Germany

    Bernd Kirchner, Gerd Lottes, Joachim Sciuk, Peter Bartenstein & Otmar Schober

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 33, W-4400, Munster, Germany

    Axel Hillmann & Winfried Winkelmann

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  1. Bernd Kirchner
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Kirchner, B., Hillmann, A., Lottes, G. et al. Intraoperative, probe-guided curettage of osteoid osteoma. Eur J Nucl Med 20, 609–613 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00176556

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