ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2020
Treatment of simple bone cysts of the humerus by intramedullary nailing and steroid injection.
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- Unicameral Bone Cyst: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-Up Methods, a Multicenter Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Management of Humeral Solitary Bone Cysts in Children Using Elastic Stable Intramedullary Nailing-A Safe and Effective Minimally Invasive Treatment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The best solution is the simplest: advances in surgical and minimally invasive management of aneurysmal and simple bone cysts.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Review
- Elastic stable intramedullary nailing alone for unicameral bone cysts of the humerus in children: a mid-term follow-up study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Minimally invasive endoscopic treatment for unicameral bone cysts: technique and outcomes in a series of 33 pediatric and adolescent patients.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
- To fix or not to fix: A comparison of grafting with fixation versus grafting alone in proximal femur aneurysmal bone cysts.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2025Article
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- Factors which can influence elastic stable intramedullary nailing removal in healed bone cysts in children.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Simple bone cysts of the proximal humerus presented with limb length discrepancy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2024Article
- Pseudocysts of the jaw: a retrospective study of 41 cases from a single institution.BMC oral health · 2023Article
- Minimally Invasive Treatment for Unicameral Bone Cysts with Chemical Sclerosis and Bone Graft Substitute: A Preliminary Report.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2022Article
- Uncommon Bone Injuries in Soccer Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Current strategies for the treatment of solitary and aneurysmal bone cysts: A review of the literature.Journal of bone oncology · 2021Review
- What's new in musculoskeletal oncology.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Review
- Comparison of three treatment methods for simple bone cyst in children.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSimple bone cysts (SBCs) are common benign lytic bone lesions in children. This study focused on exploring a clinical treatment method, minimally invasive intramedullary decompression and drainage with elastic stable intramedullary nailing (ESIN) combined with intralesional injections of steroids, and evaluated its effectiveness, complications and morbidity through functional and radiographic outcomes.
methodsThe postoperative recovery of 18 children who suffered from SBCs of humerus was evaluated (mean follow-up, 40 months) from January 2009 to December 2016. These patients (11 males, 7 females; 8 in the left, 10 in the right; mean age, 10.9 years old) were treated with minimally invasive intramedullary decompression and drainage with ESIN combined with intralesional injections of steroids. The diagnosis was based on not only pre-operative typical medical images (X-rays/CT/MRI) but also surgical findings and pathological diagnosis. Radiological and functional outcomes were evaluated according to Capanna and Musculoskeletal Tumor Society (MSTS) score. The interclass differences were analyzed by t-test.
resultsAccording to Capanna and MSTS criteria, after treatment, 14 patients made full recoveries which was presented by all the cysts filled with bone tissue, and 4 patients made partially recoveries, which were presented by cystic spaces partially filled with low density bone. All the cysts responded to treatment method, and there was no cyst recurrence. All except 2 patients had good functional results. One of the two patients had irritation of the end of the nail and one patient had a valgus deformity.
conclusionsTreatment for SBCs of humerus by minimally invasive intramedullary decompression and drainage with ESIN combined with intralesional injections of steroids is safe, effective and convenient. The clinical effect is satisfactory and worth popularizing.
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